Admission to the part-time internship and student teaching semesters requires LR students to:
Maintain a cumulative 2.7 GPA.
Earn a minimum grade of B- in all education and licensure area courses.*
Have completed the majority of their professional and specialty studies courses as well as content courses in the area of licensure before student teaching.
Pass the required Pearson Test for North Carolina: Foundations of Reading and PRAXIS Elementary Education: Content Knowledge for Teaching (CKT) Mathematics or the PRAXIS II tests in the area(s) of licensure.
Complete of a certified background check if one has not been completed within 6 months of the time of application to student teaching.
Successfully complete of an interview with a team of teacher education faculty and public school partners.
*Elementary Education majors must earn a B- or better in the Foundations of Reading and Mathematics sequences to continue to student teaching.