Teacher Preparation Program

A teacher candidate must put forward a formal application for admission to the Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) if they are pursuing an Education major leading to licensure. Admission to the TPP is a prerequisite for most upper division (300 and above) Education methods courses.

Once a teacher candidate has met all Criteria for Admission, they will start an application. A teacher candidate will not be able to register for methods classes that require admission to the TPP until being formally admitted, so it is important to start this process as soon as criteria is met, which is typically one to two semesters prior to enrolling in methods courses. 

 Priority Timeline for Application Submission:                                                                                                                              
~Fall Admission: December 1st-January 31st
~Spring Admission: August 1st-September 30th

Application Information Packet   FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE E-APPLICATION

TPP Required Forms

It is the responsibility of the teacher candidate to see that all forms are uploaded into their online TPP Application. All work must be completed and submitted together so forms need to be prepared in advance. The work cannot be saved intermittently so please be mindful as documents are uploaded.  

1. Essay
2. Academic Faculty Reference Form
3. Education Faculty Reference Form
4. Verification of Experience with Children/Adolescents Form
5. Teacher Candidate Dispositions Self-Assessment Form
6. Understandings Form
7. ED 101 Intro to Education & LAB or ED 601 Foundation in Education & LAB Classroom Experience Form

Downloading ED 101/ED 601 Lab Evaluation

Teacher candidates will need to submit their Foundational Lab Evaluation from ED 101 or ED 601.These evaluations can be downloaded from your timeline in SLL or follow the below instructions if your evaluation is in LiveText. 

Instructions for downloading your ED 101 evaluation from SLL

Instructions for downloading your ED 101 evaluation from LiveText

What's Next?

Review the School of Education Candidate Handbook located under Teacher Candidate Resources.