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.