Admission to Teacher Education
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Teacher Education Program Admission Checklist
‼️ Please see the following link to access the PDF Program Admission Checklist: ⬇️ 

 Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Admission Checklist 

 This checklist is to help undergraduate A-State Teacher Education students navigate the admissions process to the Teacher Education Program through the Professional Education Programs (PEP) Office. 

 

 Arkansas AELS Background Check o Background Check Packet can be found on the PEP website or you can email pep@astate.edu and request the packet. o This can take up to 4 weeks to approve, so it is recommended to start this first. o There are 2 parts: Central Registry (Child Maltreatment) and fingerprints (ASP and FBI) 

 Educator Dispositions Self-Assessment (EDA) o This should be completed in your Intro to Education class, but if it is not, a blank EDA is included in the official PDF document above. ⬆️ 

 ArkansasIDEAS Ethics Certificate 

 

 o You must have already started the Background Check Process in order to make an ArkansasIDEAS account (these accounts are linked) o The course you need to complete for admissions is:

 

 

 

 

 

 Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB) - The Code of Ethics Training Video (2018) Course # ERC1904 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Read the Arkansas Code of Ethics 

 Technology Survey 

 Online Application for Admission 

 

 You will upload your completed EDA and Ethics Certificate to this application 

 

 

 Course/GPA Requirements o Students must have a minimum 2.70 GPA to be admitted o The following courses are required with a grade C or better:

 

 

 

 ENG 1003 Composition I 

 ENG 1013 Composition II 

 SCOM 1203 Oral Communication (or student must provide a Speech Proficiency if this course is not required in your degree) 

 MATH 1023 College Algebra/ MATH 1043 Quantitative Reasoning/ STAT 2003 Introduction to Statistics 

 Introduction to Education (specific to degree/department) 

 

 

 

 

 Department Screening Interview o Students must schedule a personal interview with their Department Screening Committee.

 

 

 

 Please reach out to your respective Program Coordinator for this. 

 

 

 The Signature Verification Page must be filled out by the student before the interview and signed by the Department Chair after the interview. 

 The Signature Verification Page needs to be delivered to the PEP Office by the program coordinator or by the student themself 

 This is very important because it initiates the admission process in the PEP Office. 

  

Admission and Licensure Background Checks
‼️ Please follow the link below to the official Admission and Licensure Background Check PDF: ⬇️ 

 Admission and Licensure Background Checks   

 

 For Teacher Education Program Admission 

 

 All candidates seeking admission to an initial licensure program must complete both parts of the background check process as a requirement for program admission. This process can take 3-4 weeks to complete. Begin this process early so that it does not delay acceptance into the teacher education program. 

 

 

 For Initial and Provisional Licenses 

 

 Provisional and initial licenses require an approved criminal history check (ASP & FBI) and Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry check that is less than one year old.