Entrance Into the Professional Education Program
Secondary Mathematics/CIS Education Students
In the 1998/99 academic year the Mathematics and Computing
department had 20 students wishing to enter the Professional Education program --
out of those, 15 were accepted. In the 1997/98 academic year the
Mathematics and Computing department had 13 students wishing to enter the
Professional Education program -- out of those, all 13 were accepted.
Selection Criteria
The combined limit of Mathematics and CIS students allowed entry into
the Professional Education Program is 15 majors per year (minors are not included
in this count).
The Mathematics Education and/or the CIS faculty will consider the final selection based
upon the following criteria:
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the Professional
Education Program as set by the School of Education.
- Applicants must complete the following courses in the major:
- Secondary mathematics education applicants must have completed either Math 213 or Math
222.
- CIS education applicants must have completed either CIS 211 or CIS 215.
- Applicants must score "satisfactory" on the essay component
described below.
- Applicants must have a major GPA
 2.75.
- Applicants will be ranked according to their GPA sum: the sum of the
overall GPA (including transfer credits) and the major GPA (including transfer credits)
divided by two.
- Fall applications: Up to 10 applicants will be selected according to their GPA sum.
During the fall application, only those applicants with a GPA sum 3.00 will be considered.
- Spring applications: Applicants will be selected according to their GPA sum.
- In the event that step 5b does not fill all 15 positions available
for the year, applicants with a major GPA < 2.75 may be considered.
- Applicants denied admission may appeal through the School of Education.
- Applicants denied admission to the Professional Education Program will be allowed to
make one more application (a total of two applications).
Deadline
School of Education deadline: September 22 and February 22 of each year.
Essay Component
Bring your essay directly to the Mathematics and Computing Department
(Science Building, B246). The essay is due on or before the deadline for applying for
admission to the Professional Education Program.
Respond to one of the following questions:
Why do you want to be a mathematics teacher?
Why do you want to be a computer teacher?
Why do you want to be a mathematics/computer teacher?
The paper must be typed (word-processed preferred), double spaced,
standard margins, standard type size, and NO MORE than two pages long. Do not do any
research or reading for this essay. Express your ideas in complete sentences with
appropriate transitional phrases and punctuation. In this technological world, the use of
an electronic spell checker is prudent. Be sure to proof what you write and, as with any
writing, it is a good practice to let someone else critique your work before you turn it
in.
Approved by the CUTEM and CISED committees, Mathematics
and CIS Department
Approved by the Teacher Education Committee (April 20, 1999)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This Document Revised on April 27, 1999
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