Lakeland College

Education

Admission Requirements

To be admitted into a Lakeland College teacher certification program, a student must do the following at least two years before registering for student teaching and one year before applying for admission to student teaching: (Note: Second-degree students may follow an adjusted timeline.)

1. Complete the education program application process which involves submission of a completed application form and transmission of a full set of academic credentials from the
   Office of the Registrar to the Education Division. These credentials should include transcripts of any prior college work, a final high school transcript with indication of high
   school class rank and G.P.A., and a copy of ACT or SAT test scores. The student applicant
   is responsible for the submission of this file.
2. Obtain written recommendations---one from a Lakeland faculty member inside the
   Education Division and two from Lakeland College faculty members outside of the
   Education Division. The recommendations should be sent to the chair of the Education
   Division at the time the program application form is completed and submitted.
3. Submit evidence of a 3.0 overall grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) over at least the last
   40 semester hours of college coursework.
   Note: A 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) is required in one’s major, minor (where
   certifiable), and professional sequence coursework a year before registering for student
   teaching.
4. Earn passing scores on all three sections of the state-approved, Pre-Professional Skills Test
   (PPST), a standardized examination assessing reading, writing and mathematical skills
   proficiency.
5. Complete EDU 100 Introduction to Education and EDUP 230 Educational Psychology or
   their equivalents.
6. Submit a personal reflection paper describing your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in
   regard to education and teaching.
   

Admission decisions will be made at the end of the fall, spring, and summer terms. Successful
admission to the teacher certification program must be completed no later than the fifth semester of fulltime enrollment for students entering Lakeland as freshmen, and no later than the third fulltime semester for students entering Lakeland as transfers. In both cases, admission must be completed and approved two years before registering for student teaching and one year before applying for admission to student teaching.

The Education Division provides a curriculum which serves the interests and needs of those students wishing to meet the professional requirements for teacher certification at the preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary levels. Teacher preparation demands a broad general background in the liberal arts, foundation courses in educational theory and practice, a concentration of subject matter in a teaching field, successful completion of professional skills and competency requirements, and demonstration of performance-based assessments to meet the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction teacher standards.

Admission to the teacher certification program is a prerequisite for entry into the
following courses:

• EDU 331 Science Teaching Techniques
• EDU 332 Mathematics Teaching Techniques
• EDU 341 Children's and Early Adolescent Literature
• EDU 342 Language Arts and Social Science Teaching Techniques
• EDU 361 Reading in the Content Area - Early Adolescence through Adolescence Level
• EDU 369 Early Childhood Teaching Techniques
• EDU 371 Teaching Techniques in the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Level
• EDU 373 Field Experience in Education
• EDUP 375 Field Experience in Psychology for Education Majors
• EDU 382 Reading Teaching Techniques
• MUSE 431 General Music Teaching Methods and Materials I
• MUSE 435 Choral Teaching Methods
• MUSE 436 Instrumental Teaching Methods
• MUSE 442 General Music Teaching Methods and Materials II
• EDU 449 Education Capstone