Admission to the Education Program
All students who desire a bachelor’s degree with licensure in any program within the Division of Education, including the alternative route in elementary education, are required to apply for admission to the appropriate program during the second semester of the sophomore year. Full admission to the program must be attained no later than the semester prior to clinical practice or no later than the final semester for those students choosing to take the elementary education alternative route. An application must be submitted to the office of the appropriate program coordinator. The application contains the specific requirements for admission to the desired program and will be processed and acted upon by the Teacher Education Committee.
EDU 101, Education as a Profession; EDU 101L, Education as a Profession Lab; PSY/EDU 308, Psychology of Learning & Cognition; EDU/SOW 360, Multicultural Education; EDU/MUS 307, Integrating Arts Across the Curriculum; and EDU/HPPE 321 Physical Education for Elementary Teachers are the only education courses students may take at MMC prior to admission to the education program.
Before beginning any field experiences required in some of the methods and professional education courses, membership in Student Tennessee Education Association (STEA) is required to further familiarize the candidate with professional commitment and involvement responsibilities as well as for insurance liability purposes.
The following are desirable dispositions, from the Educator Disposition Assessment by Almerico, Johnston, and Wilson (2017), that candidates will be expected to demonstrate by the completion of their program:
- Demonstrates effective oral communication skills
- Demonstrates effective written communication skills
- Demonstrates professionalism
- Demonstrates a positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Demonstrates preparedness in teaching and learning
- Exhibits an appreciation of and value for cultural and academic diversity
- Collaborates effectively with stakeholders
- Demonstrates self-regulated learner behaviors/takes initiative
According to the requirements as noted on the application, in addition to a satisfactorily completed application, all students seeking admission to a program within the Division of Education shall have:
- a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75
- completed at least thirty (30) semester hours
- at least a “C” in the appropriate math course listed for that program (see application for specific program requirements)
- made or surpassed state required scores on one of the following standardized tests:
- a required composite score of 21 on the ACT, or
- a required combined reading, math, and writing score of 1080 on the new SAT, or Core Academic Skills for Educators (English, math, reading, and science) and ACT of 19 (or new SAT of 1010).
- a satisfactory rating on three copies of the Educator Disposition Assessment completed by the applicant, a Martin Methodist College professor, and a Martin Methodist College education professor
- submitted a satisfactory essay writing sample
- passed a TBI/FBI background check paid for by the candidate
- satisfactorily completed an admission interview with members of the Teacher Education Committee
- submitted complete college transcripts
- valid membership in STEA which will be continued until completion of the clinical practice semester
- submitted a signed copy of the Student’s Rights and Responsibilities form
- submitted a Program Admission Portfolio
Formal application for admittance to the education program must be completed and submitted to the office of the program coordinator by March 1 of the spring semester and October 1 of the fall semester prior to the semester in which the student is to be admitted.
The applicant will be notified in writing as to the decision of the Teacher Education Committee. Applicants who are denied admission because of certain deficiencies in their program of study must re-apply for admission once the deficiencies are removed. An appeals process enables students to re-apply to the committee for admission. Any student denied admission a second time may then appeal to the Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee through the Provost.