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SELECTIVE ADMISSION AND RETENTION
IN
TEACHER EDUCATION POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
The teaching profession is
highly demanding and remarkably complex. A person desiring to
become a teacher must maintain academic standards and demonstrate
qualifications for successful teaching including satisfactory
performance in field experiences. Therefore, the College of
Education and Human Development at Southeastern Louisiana
University reserves the right to recruit, admit, and retain in the
Professional Program in Teacher Education only those students who
show evidence of being capable of performing in an acceptable
professional manner. Enrollment in the Professional Program does
not guarantee that a student will receive the degree or
certification sought simply because he/she completes a number of
courses or is in the field the required number of hours.
Certification requirements are
specified by the State Legislature, and/or the Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education and coordinated by the State Department of
Education. These requirements are subject to periodic
modification, which may not occur at times appropriate for
inclusion in the annual publication of the University catalogue.
It is the responsibility of the students to make periodic checks
for such changes with their academic advisors and/or department
heads.
Students are required to submit
an application for admission to the Professional Program in
Teacher Education. Each candidate’s application must be reviewed
for compliance with the standards of Selective Admission and
Retention in Teacher Education (SARTE) and by the Dean of the
College of Education and Human Development.
I. Admission Procedures
A. Students in the College of Education and
Human Development and other colleges that have approved teacher
education programs must make application for admission to the
Professional Program in Teacher Education at least four weeks
prior to the end of any given semester in order to have their
applications duly processed by the beginning of the following
semester. The schedule for applying is the following:
1. Students in the College of Education and
Human Development and other colleges that have approved teacher
education programs will normally be required to make application
for admission as students in Education 201 or 203.
2. All students must have formally filed an
application before enrolling in any professional courses other
than Education 201 or 203
B. Students who make proper application will
be screened and placed in one of the three categories described
below:
1. FULL STATUS: Indicates all screening
components have been met and the candidate is eligible to schedule
remaining Professional Education Courses (EDUC, EPSY, and ECE
prefix courses). Criteria for Full Status are:
a. Minimum 2.5 cumulative or degree grade
point average (based on a minimum of 30 credit hours).
b. Maintain a cumulative or degree grade
point average of 2.5 or better.
c. Achieve a passing score on PRAXIS I PPST-Reading,
Writing and Mathematics. (Refer to the Louisiana
Department of Education website for
current passing scores.)
d. Achieve a grade of C or better in English
102.
e. Achieve a grade of B or better in
Education 201 and 211 or 203 and 212.
f. Complete a speech and hearing screening
(refer to the Policy for Speech and Hearing Screening).
h. Have never been convicted of a felony.
2. PROVISIONAL STATUS: May be granted to a
student who has a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 or
above and a B or better in Education 201 and 211 or 202 or 203 and
212 depending upon degree program, but who is deficient in one or
more of the remaining screening components. Provisional status
students may not schedule any professional education courses
beyond EDUC 204. However, students in provisional status may
schedule EPSY 301 or 311 as
required by the individual’s curriculum.
3. INELIGIBLE: Indicates a student does not
meet or maintain criteria for either full or provisional status.
II. Retention Procedures
A. On going screening of each student
utilizing the standards of the Professional Program in Teacher
Education will occur each semester of a student’s enrollment.
1. Students will be permitted to enroll in
any Education, Early Childhood Education, and Educational
Psychology course only twice.
2. Students will be permitted to repeat only
two Education, Early Childhood Education, and Educational
Psychology courses.
B. Students demonstrating behaviors or
characteristics that make it questionable whether they can succeed
in the teaching profession will be referred for Professional
Performance Review.
A review may result in:
1. No action being taken but further
observations.
2. Recommendation of a Professional
Improvement Plan (monitored by the Coordinator of the Teacher
Development Program).
3. Referral to SARTE which may recommend:
a. Probation with specified conditions.
b. Temporary suspension from the Teacher
Education program with specified condi tions.
c. Expulsion from the Teacher Education
program.
III. Appeal Procedures
Students who wish to appeal
decisions of the SARTE Committee may do so in writing to the Dean
of the College of Education and Human Development.
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