Candidates Seeking a Second
Licensure
Essential Qualifications
Essential qualifications for admission to the Unified Early Childhood Studies Program for Post-baccalaureate candidates:
In order to apply for admission, prospective
candidates must complete the accompanying application packet. ALL parts
must be completed correctly
and be submitted in order for the application to be accepted.
Essential
Components of Application
(See detailed descriptions for these six items, below)
- Personal statement
- Minimum of three letters of recommendation
- Post-baccalaureate Contract
- Copy of a teaching license
- Confirmation of completion of the Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST) (Praxis I), if necessary
- Signed consent form
for placement and teaching files (included in the application packet)
1. Personal Statement
Please submit a letter to Program Coordinator Kim Riordan. It should be one to two, single-spaced, type-written pages. It should be professional in nature, and include a personal statement describing why you consider yourself a good candidate for the United Early Childhood Program. The letter should be sent to:
Kim Riordan
Unified Early Childhood
Program Coordinator
UMD Department of Education
150 EduE, 412 Library Dive
Duluth MN 55812
2. Letters
of Recommendation
You must have at least three letters of recommendation.
Request your recommendations from someone who can speak to your level
of responsibility,
ability to complete tasks and ability to work with young children. This
would preferably be a supervisor who has observed you working with young
children. Other letters may come from employers, professors and other
people who know you in another context, but must be able to address such
areas as your character, attitudes and work ethic.
Each recommendation
must address all of the following items:
(Be sure the person making your
recommendation has this information so they include the following)
- The
nature and extent of the acquaintance and association
- Evidence of ability
to work with children and adults
- Identification and/or description of personality
traits and qualities which should help the candidate become an effective
early childhood educator
- Any other information about the candidate
which would be helpful
- An overall recommendation indicating
one of the choices below:
- Strongly
recommend
- Recommend
- Recommend with reservation
- Do not recommend
- Signature and date
3. Post-baccalaureate Contract
Post-baccalaureate candidates will have
a copy of their Post-baccalaureate contract, signed by all, included in their file in
the Education Department. We will obtain
this from the College of Education and Human Service Professions
(CEHSP) Student Affairs Office.
4. Teaching License
If you have a teaching license, please send a copy
with your application.
5.
Pre-professional
Skills Test (PPST) (Praxis Test I)
Whether or not the Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST) (Praxis Test I) is needed will be determined on an individual basis through the post-baccalaureate review.
If it is determined that you must take the PPST,
you must and pass take ALL THREE sections (Reading, Writing and Mathematics) prior to completing your application. Please include a copy of your passing
scores with your application.
6. Signed Consent Form
A signed consent form is needed in your placement and teaching files. The form is
in the application
packet, and is included, below.
Consent Form
I, __________________________________, hereby consent to
the inclusion of the following forms in my placement file in the Career
Services office at UMD:
- UMD Student Teacher Final Evaluations
And the following forms (if available) in my student file in the Department
of Education:
- UMD student teacher evaluation; mid-term and final evaluations
both from student (self evaluation) and cooperating teachers
- Application
to the Unified Early Childhood Program for the post-baccalaureate student
- Post-baccalaureate contract
I understand that my placement file will be
accessible to future hiring officials, and my student file will be
accessible to faculty only in
the Department of Education.
______________________________________________________________________________
Student Signature and Date
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