The results of the pre-evaluation will be mailed to you. Contact the Department of Enrollment Services in Mellencamp hall and complete the Special Student form. As a special student, you are taking courses on your own and there is no guarantee that you will be admitted into the certification program. The number of credits depends on the certification program. Most programs have required course work in the areas of reading, curriculum, and content methods.
Every program has student teaching requirements in the subject areas and grade levels.
Student teaching is done during the last year of your certification program. By law, it is a full-time commitment in the grade levels and subject areas leading toward certification. As an urban university, UWM collaborates with the Milwaukee Public Schools and our students do their student teaching in MPS elementary, middle and high schools. During the spring semester, student teaching is a full-time commitment in an elementary school during the fall semester. In the exceptional education program, students have ongoing placements every semester in the certification program.