Standards Leading to Teacher Certification

A post-baccalaureate student is defined as a student with a non-teaching bachelor’s degree from a four-year approved teacher training accredited institution who is seeking teacher certification, a student with a teaching degree who is seeking teacher certification and/or endorsement in an additional area, or a student with a teaching degree who is seeking provisional or professional certification and/or endorsement in an additional area.

1. Post-baccalaureate students must follow the “Standards Leading to Teacher Certification” as published in the appendix of this Bulletin and meet State Department of Michigan requirements listed in the Teacher Education Student Handbook.

2. Post-baccalaureate students must have majors and/or minors signed by a departmental advisor in the department offering the major or minor. Course substitutions may be approved only by the departmental advisor.

3. Post-baccalaureate students must complete all Professional Education courses and other degree/certification requirements for either elementary or secondary students as published in the Bulletin.

4. The Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development will submit a list of the names of all students applying for student teaching the following semester to each student’s major and minor department for approval or denial.

5. The Center for Student Services will audit the signed major and minor of all post baccalaureates students to certify that they have met all the requirements before recommending them for certification. Every semester each department will receive a list of its majors and minors who have been recommended for certification and/or endorsement.

6. Certification will be recommended for those teaching areas in which CMU presently offers a major or minor.

7. For students who have initial teaching certification, a Planned Course of Study leading to a professional certificate must be approved by an appropriate departmental advisor.
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