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Baccalaureate Requirements

In order to be admitted into the School of Education’s baccalaureate programs, students must meet the following prerequisites:

  1. Associate in Arts (AA) degree, or 60 credits including all general education requirements.
    • Note: Associate in Science (AS) degree holders may need to take additional courses to complete the General Education requirements and cannot be fully admitted until completed.
  2. Minimum of 2.5 Grade Point Average on a 4.0 scale
  3. Testing:
    Florida Teacher Certification Examination- General Knowledge Test- All four sections (Reading, Essay, Mathematics, English) passed
  4. Completed the Common Education Prerequisite courses with a minimum grade of “C”
    5. Courses:
  5. Additional Requirements:
    • Foreign language requirement - Either demonstrate completion of two consecutive years of advanced foreign language in high school (must provide transcript) or complete 8-10 credits of college coursework
    • 9 credits of diversity must be taken at the lower division
    • Computer competency completed
    • Mathematics Education, Science Education, and Early Childhood Education majors must complete lower division discipline course requirements.

Clinical Experience

Most courses in the Teacher Education Programs require satisfactory completion of clinical experience hours. These hours are spent in Miami-Dade County Public School classrooms and/or Head Start and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)-accredited classrooms. The purpose of the clinical experience is to provide real-world opportunities in actual settings for pre-service teachers to observe, assist, and teach. Students work in a variety of settings and locations to provide a wide breadth of experience.

LiveText

LiveText is the computer learning management system required in the SOE. It is used as the method for submission of work to professors and as our method of communication with students. LiveText must be purchased from Bookstore or Online during EME2040 and will be used throughout program to build the Florida Department of Education required teacher certification SOE E-Portfolio. Training in the proper use of Live Text is provided through the SOE in the form of workshops. Further assistance can be requested from the E-Portfolio Coordinator in both use of LiveText or in the completion of a satisfactory E-Portfolio.

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