A student can declare a teacher education major upon entry into the College or at any time thereafter.  To declare a major a student can go to the WJC Intranet (jww.jewell.edu) to the “Online Forms” prompt and then select “Advising” and complete the Advising Form to request the education major and an education advisor.  You can declare either an elementary education or a secondary education major (K-12 program applicants declare a secondary education major – including music majors).  It is important that you complete and submit, in person, to the Department of Education a Declaration of Intent Form  documenting your desire to complete a Teacher Education Program, at the same time you declare the education major. You may complete and submit the form on-line or you can obtain a blank copy of this form in the Department of Education Office, Marston 110.  This form allows us to start an internal education file for each education major and helps us in planning future field placement numbers.  Declaration of a major and submission of the “Declaration of Intent” form DO NOT CONSTITUTE admission to a teacher education program.  Specific, state mandated and WJC adopted, admission criteria for teacher education must be met before a student can be admitted to teacher education.

All students who wish to complete a teacher education program and become certified to teach must apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program as soon as they have met the requirements for admission. (Ordinarily teacher education students must apply and be admitted no later than the spring of the sophomore year (45-50 credits earned) in order to finish the teacher education program in four years*.)  Requirements for admission vary for elementary, secondary, post-baccaulareate, and alternative certification education programs. Consult the specific admission requirements for the teacher education program of your interest.

            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.