WE’RE HERE TO GET YOU IN THE CLASSROOM with our Accelerated Certifications

Are you hoping to earn your initial teaching licensure/certification? Do you have a non-teaching bachelor’s degree? Maybe you have a teaching license with stipulations (emergency license)? Or are you simply hoping to make a career change and want to move into the world of teaching? At UW-Stevens Point, we are here to help.

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Program Benefits 

  • experienced and passionate faculty
  • courses are 100% online
  • program designed for full-time working individuals  
  • incorporate a master’s degree with your program
  • earn a teaching licensure/certification in a specialized area
 

Accelerated Teacher Licensure/Certification Programs

Anyone with an earned bachelor’s degree who is interested in earning an initial teaching license/certification in either special education, elementary education or family and consumer sciences is welcome to apply.

Elementary Education (ACEE)

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Special Education (CWIC)

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Family and Consumer Sciences

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Accelerated Programs

By the Numbers

3
Initial Teacher Licensure/Certifications
1.5-2
Years to Complete

Add a Master’s in Education

Are you interested in earning your Master’s in Education? Why not use the credits from this add-on licensure/certification to count towards your degree? The M.S. in Education degree requires 30 graduate credits, and these courses can be used to count towards your degree. Learn more about our master’s degree and how you can earn both a degree and an add-on licensure/certification at the same time.
 

DPI Accreditation

UW-Stevens Point’s teacher education programs are accredited by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
 

Graduate Programs

School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
112 College of Professional Studies
1901 Fourth Ave.
Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897
715-346-2048
soegrad@uwsp.edu