REQUIREMENTS FOR

       STUDENT TEACHING

    College f Education and Human Development

                                  Office of Teacher Education

                                  Jackson State University

Dr. Ivory Phillips, Dean of the College of Education and Human Development

Dr. Vivian Taylor, Associate Dean of the College of Education and Human Development

Dr. Daniel Watkins, Director of Teacher Education 

TEACHER CANDIDATES REQUIREMENTS TO STUDENT TEACHING:

1.       Admission to the Teacher Education Program                        

2.       Completion of all General Education courses                          

3.       Completion of all major department courses                           

4.       Completion of 114 semester hours              

5.       Completion of the Professional Education sequence               

6.       A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50               

7.       Submission of the state’s minimum required scores on PRAXIS I, PRAXIS II (Principles of Learning and Teaching & Specialty Area Test or NTE Test scores if applicable.)

8.       All substitution of courses must be approved by the appropriate administrators in a letter or on a standard University Course Substitution Form.

9.       Removal of all grades of Incomplete (I) and a “C” or better in professional courses.

10.     Verification of liability insurance.

For additional information regarding these requirements, please visit the Office of Teacher Education.

                                                                                                              Revised Spring 2003