TEP Admission Requirements
Students seeking teacher certification must apply for and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program (TEP). Additionally, to enroll in the clinical practice and meet state certification requirements, students must maintain a GPA of 2.75 overall (in all course work), as well as in professional education courses, with no grade lower than a "C" in professional education courses.
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) require admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Program Requirements
- Admission to MSU with an assigned academic advisor.
- Pursuance of program completion leading to teacher certification.
- Completion of at least 30 credit hours.
- Minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale; or a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on the last thirty (30) credit hours. All college courses attempted must be a part of the applicant's MSU transcript. Transcripts must reflect all transfer coursework completed to date. All transfer courses, as well as MSU credit, are used in calculating the GPA.
- Completion of the following five core courses with grades of “C” or better:
- ENG 100 – Writing I
- Mathematics General Education Requirement, as required by program
- COMS 108 – Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- EDF 207 – Foundations of Education (CTE and Agriculture Teaching candidates may substitute CTE 207) or UTCH 100 (MSUTeach programs)
- EDF 211 – Human Growth and Development (IECE candidates may substitute EDEC 253) or UTCH 150 (MSUTeach programs)
Testing Requirements
TEP candidates must obtain the following scores on the ACT exam:
- Composite score of 22 or the corresponding minimum scores: Reading (20), English (18), and Mathematics (19),
OR, the following scores on the Praxis I Core Skills for Educators exam:
- Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Combined 5752 Computer OR
- Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics 5733 Computer (Minimum score 150) and
- Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading 5713 Computer (Minimum score 156) and
- Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing 5723 Computer (Minimum score 162)
An applicant may use a combination of ACT and Praxis I minimum scores to meet testing requirements. If an applicant is within five points of one or more of the corresponding minimum scores of the Praxis I assessments, the candidate may be admitted if the candidate has a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. For information about the Praxis exams and to register for the test, please visit the Praxis website at https://praxis.ets.org/.
Program Competencies
Based on the Teacher Standards, students graduating from the 5-9 program should:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the growth and development of middle grade students.
- Describe the historical, philosophical and psychological basis of middle grade and middle school programs.
- Demonstrate skills in planning and implementation of instruction in several different organizational patterns.
- Accurately assess the instruction needs of students.
- Develop an effective system for managing the classroom.
- Relate planning for teaching to the needs of middle grade students.
- Identify school and community resources that could be used in instruction.
- Plan for communication with students, parents and other school personnel.
- Establish cooperative relationships with other school personnel and skills in working in teams.
- Develop a breadth of content knowledge.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act.
- Demonstrate appropriate uses of technology to support and enhance instruction.
- Demonstrate the capacity to provide leadership within the school, the community and the profession.
Assessment
- GPA of 2.75
- Core Academic Skills for Educators (CASE) Testing Series and/or ACT for TEP admission
- Completion of required field experience hours
- PRAXIS II Exams for certification
Program Requirements
General Education
Area Requirements
5-9 Area Requirements
| EDF 207 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDF 211 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| EDSP 230 | Education of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| EDEL 302 | Integrating Technology into the Classroom | 3 |
| EDMG 330 | Foundations of Reading for Middle Grades | 3 |
| EDMG 306 | Development and Learning in Middle Grades | 3 |
| EDMG 332 | Teaching Reading in the Middle Grades Content Areas* | 3 |
| EDMG 347 | Literature and Materials for the Middle Grades | 3 |
| EDMG 446 | Supervised Student Teaching* | 12 |
| EDUC 482 | Classroom Management and Assessment* | 3 |
| EDEM 499C | Seminar in Effective Teaching* | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 42 |
Choose two courses:
| EDMG 341 | Teaching Math in Middle Grades* | 3 |
| EDMG 343 | Teaching Language Arts in Middle Grades* | 3 |
| EDMG 342 | Teaching Social Studies in Middle Grades* | 3 |
| SCI 491 | Science for the Middle School Teacher* | 3 |
| SCI 391 | Teaching Science in the Middle Grades | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Academic Component Requirements
Academic Components: Students seeking 5-9 certification must select two academic components from language arts, science, social studies and mathematics, or students may choose coursework for a single component in science. A GPA of 2.75 is required in all academic components
Science Area
Choose one science elective from the following:
Language Arts
| COMS 350 | Communication, Culture and Diversity | 3 |
| ENG 280 | Introduction to Teaching English in Middle and Secondary Schools | 3 |
| ENG 315 | Structure of English | 3 |
| ENG 392 | Teaching Writing in Elementary and Middle Schools | 3 |
Choose one:
| ENG 211 | Introduction to World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 212 | Introduction to World Literature II | 3 |
Choose one:
Choose one:
| ENG 341 | American Literature to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG 342 | American Literature since 1865 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Social Studies
Science
Choose three hours:
| SCI 111 | Inquiry Physical Science for Teachers | 3 |
| ASTR 125 | Astronomical and Physics Methods to Explore the Universe | 3 |
| ASTR 112 | Introductory Astronomy | 3 |
| ESS 112 | Inquiry Earth Systems Science for Teachers | 3 |
Choose six hours:
Mathematics
Choose one set:
| MATH 141 | Plane Trigonometry | 3 |
| | and | |
| MATH 152 | College Algebra | 3 |
| | or | |
| MATH 174 | Pre-Calculus Mathematics | 3 |
| | and | |
| MATH 170 | Introduction to Computer Science | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
Free Electives