Requirements
Full admission into the early childhood and elementary education majors is based on:
- Formal application to the School of Education when enrolled in EDUC 2145
- An overall GPA of 2.5 for Elementary (Licensure and Studies) and an overall GPA of 3.00 for Early childhood (Licensure and Studies)
- Completion of Professional Blocks 1 and 2
- Positive recommendations from School of Education Faculty
- Approval by the Education Screening Committee
All professional education and content-area coursework that forms part of an application for licensure, endorsement, or approval that is received by ISBE on or after February 1, 2012, must have been passed with a grade no lower than C or equivalent in order to be counted toward fulfillment of the applicable requirements.
If a student requests teacher licensure after graduation, he/she will need to complete EDUC 3510, EDUC 3520, EDUC 4130, and EDUC 4600. (Passing of the Early Childhood or Elementary Content Area Test is required for EDUC 4130, and edTPA for licensure).