Education

APPLICATION DEADLINES: Applications for the Professional Education Program are only processed two times a year - February 22 and September 22. Applications are due the Friday prior to the deadline if the deadline falls on a Saturday or Sunday. 

ATTENTION: The School of Education has implemented enrollment caps for every teacher certification program. Due to these enrollment caps, students may be denied admission into the Professional Education Program even if they meet the minimum requirements.

Enrollment caps may be implemented or adjusted at any time. Decision letters are emailed within 4 weeks of the application deadline. Students who are denied admission are eligible to appeal the decision. Data regarding the number of students denied from each program and the average GPA of admitted students is available on the application. 

The following requirements must be met BEFORE applying to the Professional Education Program. 

•  Receive a passing grade in Education 205 lecture portion (or transfer equivalent) OR
  
• Receive a passing grade in Communication 101 (or transfer equivalent)

One of these courses must be completed in order to apply to the program.  Courses “In Progress” do not meet the application requirement.

• Praxis I Test (Pre-Professional Skills Test) - Not required for Communicative Disorders majors

   DESCRIPTION: See the ETS website

  
  Registration information is available at the ETS website listed above. There is a cost involved.  

  
  The written version of this test is only offered on certain dates and has application deadlines for each test date available at their website.  

  The computer version of this test is available by appointment. It is suggested to register at least 4 weeks prior to taking the computer version of the test.

   

  Students usually take this test in the Spring of their freshman year, preferably by April.

   

  Students with documented disabilities or English as a Second Language may request special accommodations. Special paperwork must be filed with the ETS company at least 2-3 months prior to taking this test.

   

  ETS offers a limited number of Fee Waivers for the Praxis I test. Eligibility is largely determined by family income. Fee Waiver eligibility requirements and application forms can be found at the Praxis Series Web-site. Search for “FEE WAIVERS” in the search tool. Results are mailed 2 to 6 weeks after the test date.

   

  Test results are made available on the ETS website approximately 2-6 weeks after your test date. We recommend saving and printing all score results, whether the results are passing scores or not.  Students are responsible for checking their Degree Progress Report to verify UWSP School of Education has received their scores.  If scores are not listed on a DPR within one week, students should bring a colored copy of their score report to the SOE Advising, Recruitment and Retention Office, 469 CPS.  The ETS score recipient code for UWSP is 1919 – Please use this when you register.  You are only allowed to take the PPST once per calendar month if taken on the computer.

   

  Praxis I Passing scores required:

  Reading 175

  Writing 174

  Math 173 

  Students who do not meet this requirement should read the waiver policy.

   
• Pre-Professional Interview
  

DESCRIPTION: The Pre-Professional Interview is a personal, tape-recorded, structured interview designed to measure personal style, attitudinal traits, and “teacherness” talents of prospective education students.

The interview is ONLY required of students seeking admittance into Early Childhood, Elementary Education, Exceptional Education and Physical Education majors. A score of 15 or higher is required (Max score of 26). You may retake the Interview once if you have a score below 15.

Appointments are available during the academic year and in June. Students should complete the interview one semester prior to applying to the Professional Education Program. There is a fee involved.  See personnel in room 469 CPS for an appointment.

Students who do not meet this requirement should read the waiver policy.

• Major/Minor Department Requirements

Each department, outside of the School of Education, has the ability to establish their own, additional admission requirements. It is the student’s responsibility to see the department of major(s) and minor(s) for additional requirements and information on enrollment caps. All teaching majors and some teaching minors have enrollment caps. 

• Conduct Disclosure

Please be aware that you will be asked to self-disclose previous conduct-related matters during the School of Education application process. The existence of on-campus behavioral issues and/or a criminal record do not constitute an automatic bar to admission and will be considered only as it/they substantially relate(s) to the duties and responsibilities of the program and eventual licensure.

It is strongly recommended that students seeking admission to the Professional Education Program practice positive role-modeling behavior early in, and consistently throughout, their student career. It is important to note that students are responsible for their own behavior, as well as the behavior of their guests on campus.

Students with multiple, recent, and/or serious conduct histories may be required to meet with a committee in the Professional Education Program to discuss their behavior in order to determine admission status.

• Disposition Expectations

Students admitted to the Professional Education Program will be expected to meet disposition expectations throughout the academic program.