Admission to Teacher Education

Students should plan to complete admission requirements in order to be formally admitted to the teacher education program by the end of the sophomore year. The following criteria must be met:

1. Satisfactory completion of COMM 110, or the equivalent, demonstrating oral communication skills.
2. For those planning to graduate in 2022 or before, passing all three sections of CASA, having a composite score of at least 24 on the ACT or having a composite score of at least 1170 on the SAT. For those planning to graduate in 2023 or after, they must submit their ACT or SAT scores to the Education Department.
3. For those planning to graduate in 2022 or before, a GPA of 2.5 or higher in the major and overall. For those planning to graduate in 2023 or after, a GPA of 2.75 or higher in the major and a GPA of 2.5 or higher overall.
4. A positive recommendation from the Office of Student LIfe indicating no record of inappropriate behavior.
5. A positive recommendation of suitability for teaching from the Education Department faculty of the content area faculty (for secondary/all grade education students).
6. An interview with a faculty member from the Education Department during January session or spring semester, sophomore year.
7. Positive disposition statements from the classroom field experience evaluations.
8. Attendance at a Celebrating Diversity Workshop with a satisfactory paper based on the experience submitted to the Education Department

Admission to Student Teaching

During fall semester of the student's junior year, the application for student teaching must be completed. The criteria for approval of the student teaching request are:

1. Completion of the application process, including a student teaching interview with the Director of Teacher Education.
2. Completion of all requirements for admission to teacher education.
3. A cumulative grade point average of 2.50 for all courses taken at Manchester University.
4. A GPA of 2.5 in the major for 2022 and prior graduates, and GPA of 2.75 in the major for 2023 and after graduates.
5. Satisfactory references from a minimum of three faculty or staff members as specified in the Teacher Education Program Student Handbook.
6. Approval from the Office of Student Life.
7. Positive disposition statements from the classroom field experience evaluations.

Students must have met all the criteria listed above (except 6 and 7) by the completion of January session of the year prior to student teaching in order to be considered for a student teaching placement. All applications for student teaching are acted upon by the Teacher Education Committee during spring semester of the year prior to student teaching. Final approval for student teaching is granted by this committee. After approval for student teaching is granted, GPA (grade point average) and ITM (index in the teaching major) requirements, as well as positive disposition and field experience feedback, must be maintained or the approval will be withdrawn.