1.
Have an overall GPA of 2.5
2.
Submit your major
declaration form and minor
declaration form to the appropriate department.
Be sure to indicate that it is for certification.
To
calculate your GPA for major, minor and education courses - click
here
3.
Obtain three Hope College Faculty
Recommendations. These must come from
professors with whom you have had courses. One (and ONLY one) MUST be
from an Education Department professor.
4.
Have completed Field Placement Evaluations for ED 221 - Educational
Psychology and ED 226 - Exceptional Child.
5. Must take/pass the MTTC Michigan Basic Skills Test. Register
on-line at: www.mttc.nesinc.com
6.
Read and sign a Statement
of Commitment to Professionalism (this should
have been done in Ed. Psych).
7.
FOR L.D. and E.I. MAJORS ONLY: Submit a brief written Statement explaining
why you want to major in LD or EI (Special Education double majors
must complete a form for each major).
8. “Completion” of
(OR the “commitment to complete”) the IDS
200 - Encounter with Cultures requirement.
9. If
you checked "yes" for conviction of a misdemeanor or felony,
you must make an appointment to see the Department Chairperson & explain
in writing.
10.
Required to attend ONE “Teacher Education Orientation
Meeting” and
ONE “Orientation Meeting for Chalk & Wire” when
enrolled in ED220/221- Educational Psychology (effective beginning
Spring semester, 2008). (Meeting
days/times will be announced in class.)
