Additional professional courses designed to prepare students to meet licensure standards must also be taken. These are listed below. Post-baccalaureate students must meet the same screening and admission standard as Maryville College baccalaureate students. In addition, post-baccalaureate students must pass the General Knowledge and Communication Skills sections of the Praxis II Core Battery before they are assigned to student teaching. The Registrar, adviser from the academic discipline, and adviser from the Division of Education evaluate academic transcripts to design an appropriate course of study.
Student teaching consists of fifteen weeks of full-day responsibilities.
Maryville College baccalaureate students may complete an additional endorsement while completing their initial licensure. Each candidate must complete a minor in the endorsement area as part of an individualized educational plan developed by the academic adviser. Requirements for a minor designed for additional endorsement may vary from those for a traditional minor, a larger number of credit hours may be required, and some additional endorsements may be available only to students majoring in a related area. Specific additional endorsement requirements are available from faculty advisers in the subject areas. For all teacher licensure programs, careful planning of one s course of study is necessary to ensure that all general education, major, and professional requirements are met in a timely manner.