Missouri Standards for School Librarians
Please note that the School of Teacher Education has transitioned to new questions for interviews for admission and approval to student teach, including separate questions for library media specialist candidates.
All students seeking teacher certification must complete two interviews which are a component of the Assessment Phases for the Teacher Education Program. The first interview is for admission into the program. A student must be admitted into the Teacher Education Program in order to continue with 400/500-level education classes. Once accepted into the Teacher Education Program, all students must complete a student teaching (exit) interview at least one semester prior to student teaching. This includes students receiving credit for prior learning (CPL) to satisfy any portion of the student teaching requirement.
Students enrolled in EDUC 201 Professional Growth & Folio Development I must submit their complete Teacher Education Admission Packet in order to schedule their admission (entrance) interview. Students who do not pass the admission interview must schedule to reinterview. Those who pass the admission interview and meet all grade and GPA requirements are eligible to be fully accepted into the Teacher Education Program. Those who still need to meet the GPA and grade requirements will be admitted on a probationary basis and may only register for 400-level courses with the approval of the Associate Dean of the School of Teacher Education on a semester-by-semester basis. All students must be fully admitted in order to register for EDUC 401 Professional Growth and Folio Development II and EDCL 411 Teaching Field Experience II.
Students will complete their student teaching (exit) interview in conjunction with EDUC 401 Professional Growth & Folio Development. Those who do not pass the student teaching interview must successfully re-interview before being placed for student teaching or submitting their folio for CPL evaluation.