Teacher Education Program

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• Teacher Education Program

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Where are you now?
Admission to Purdue University
Admission to Respective Academic College for
Teacher Education
Waiting to CODO to Respective Academic
College for Teacher Education
Block I (EDCI 205/EDCI 285) Attend Teacher
Education Program Orientation
Attend a CODO Informational Meeting
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What do you have to do NOW?To Enroll in
Block IICoursework, GPA, and Portfolio
Assessmentrequirements also must be met.

• Take Praxis I
• (PPST or Computerized PPST)
• Reading, Writing, Mathematics

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What do you have to do NOW? To Enroll in Block II

• Date to remember
• Semester Application
• Due Date
• Teacher Education Program
• (TEP) Application
• is due by the last day
• of classes in the semester.

• Submit
• Application Form
• Signature Form

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What do you have to do NOW?

• Switch on to these
• resources
• Bookmark
• www.education.purdue.edu/licensure
• Subscribe
• www.education.purdue.edu/oppl/
• guide00/etc/listserve.html

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Where are you going?

• Performance Based Standards and Licensing
• Unit Assessment Component
• What a teacher should Indicators of
• know and be able to do success
• Knowledge
• Standards Dispositions
• Performances

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National Standards

• NCATE
• National Council for Accreditation of
• Teacher Education
• ? Standards for the accreditation of
• Schools, Colleges and Depts. of Education
• ? Purdue Universitys Teacher Preparation
• Program is accredited by NCATE. ?

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National Standards

• INTASC
• Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support
  Consortium
• ? 10 Core Principles for
• Beginning Teachers
• ? Adopted in 1994 by the
• Indiana Department of Education
• Division of Professional Standards ?

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State Standards

• Indiana Standards
• Developmental Standards
• Early Childhood, Middle Childhood,
• Early Adolescence,
• Adolescence/Young Adulthood
• Content Standards Subject Areas
• ? Indiana Dept. of Education
• Division of Professional Standards ?

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Institutional Standards

• Model for Professional Preparation
• ? Preparation Based on Research and
• Best Practice
• ? Purdue University
• Teacher Education Program ?

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Institutional Standards
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Where are you going?

• Performance Based Standards and Licensing
• Unit Assessment Component
• Gate A - Admission to Teacher Education
  Program
• TEP Application required.
  
• Gate B Admission to methods courses
• No application is required.
• Gate C Admission to the
  professional semester
• No application is
  required.
  
• Gate D License eligibility
• License
  application required.
  

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Where are you going?

• Requirements for Passing through the Gates
• Specific Course Work
• GPA Overall, Content, Professional Education
• Portfolio Assessment
• Standardized Tests Praxis I and II
• Criminal History Report
• Degree

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Where are you going?

• Praxis I
• PPST or Computerized PPST
• required for admission to the
• Teacher Education Program
• (Gate A)
• Take prior to Block II (EDPS 235/265) or EDPS
  270 or EDPS 460.
• Release scores to Purdue University West
  Lafayette (Code R1631).

IMPORTANT
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Where are you going?

• Praxis II Specialty Area Tests
• required for Gate C by all
• program areas, except
• Agriculture Education
• Take prior to student teaching after you have
  completed the majority of courses in your major
  area.
• The Praxis II tests are only offered 7 times a
  year and must be registered for in advance.

IMPORTANT
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LicensureApply for Indiana Licensure through
OPPL upon graduation.

• Indiana has reciprocity
• with approximately
• 40 states plus the
• District of Columbia.

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Licensure
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Licensure

• Requirement for All Beginning Teachers
• Indiana Mentoring Assessment Program
• ? Organized around the IN Dept. of Education
• Division of Professional Standards
• portfolio assessments
• License Renewal
• Professional Growth Plan
• ? May include completion of approved
• academic credit

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Test Your Teacher Education Program (TEP)
Knowledge

• You need to complete Block I with a B average
  or better to be admitted to the TEP.
• ? True
• Gate A is acceptance into Purdue Universitys
  TEP.
• ? True
• An application is required for each of the Gates.
• ? False

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Test Your TEP Knowledge

• The Praxis II Specialty Area Tests can be taken
  on the computer.
• ? False
• You need to maintain a professional education GPA
  of 3.00 with no grade lower than a C for any
  single professional education course.
• ? True

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Test Your TEP Knowledge

• The Student Teaching Application is the same
  application that is used for Gate A admission.
• ? False
• The TEP Application can be submitted
  electronically.
• ? False

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Test Your TEP Knowledge

• The TEP Application Due Date is the last day of
  classes each semester.
• ? True
• The Gates are the same as the Blocks.
• ? False
• If you plan on student teaching in the spring
  semester, you must complete your application in
  November 1½ years prior to student teaching.
• ? True

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Test Your TEP Knowledge

• The Praxis II Specialty Area Tests can be taken
  after student teaching.
• ? False
• The performance-based program at Purdue
  incorporates standards by AAA.
• ? False
• Portfolio assessment is part of the Gate system.
• ? True

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Office of Professional
Preparation and Licensure (OPPL)
3229 Beering Hall
www.education.purdue.edu/licensure/
494-5486