Once all required materials (recommendations, transcripts, etc.) have been received, the faculty members of the Education Department will consider the student, on the basis of the stated criteria, for admission at the next regularly scheduled admission meeting. The student will be notified by letter of the faculty’s decision.
Approval - If the request is approved, the student continues to enroll in teacher education courses at or above the 300 level.
Disapproval - If the request is denied, the student will not be permitted to enroll in education courses at or above the 300 level. The student's advisor will assist the student in planning future action.
Due Process Appeal Procedure
Each student is responsible for meeting all admission application deadlines, submitting all required documentation, and meeting all standards.
If a student is denied admission to either a teacher education program or student teaching the student may make a one-time appeal to the Department of Education faculty for reconsideration.
To appeal an admission decision the student needs to submit a written petition for reconsideration with the following elements:
1. Name, Nature of request (What action would you like the faculty to take?).
2. Narrative description of substantive reasons that the faculty should reconsider their decision (i.e., What serious factors might the faculty not have known when they reached this decision (serious illness, other extreme extenuating factors?). Is there additional evidence of your effective teacher attributes of which the faculty might not have been aware -- courses completed, repeated, field work evaluations that the faculty did not have, test scores that the faculty did not have, care team issues that have been resolved?).
3. Provide any additional evidence cited in #2.
The Department of Education will consider petitions at their regularly scheduled meetings (every other week) and notify the student in writing of the response to the petition.
