Advising Policies
Dear Teacher Education students:
Here is what we promised the State of Colorado to accomplish with our advising system,
and how we fulfill those obligations.
Comprehensive Admissions System
The unit maintains a comprehensive admissions system that includes screening and counseling
for students who are considering becoming teacher candidates.
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Performance Indicator 1:
Institution has adopted rigorous admission criteria, taking into account prior academic
experiences and achievement, for baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate teacher education
programs.
- All PTEP programs have GPA requirements and 30 credits of undergraduate coursework
for entry. GPA varies from program to program and ranges between 2.5 and 3.0. EDFE
110, EDFE 120, EDFE 125, EDFE 130, Checkpoint Courses are a mechanism for enforcing these admission requirements.
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Performance Indicator 2:
Multiple entry points exist for students considering teacher education.
- Students may become teacher candidates as early as their freshman year and as late
as after graduation. A variety of undergraduate and postbaccalaureate programs ensure
multiple entry points to teacher education.
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Performance Indicator 3:
Institution has implemented a screening process that identifies qualified teacher
education candidates.
- In all programs, an early field experience course provides an entry point to the program
and is used to evaluate a candidate's readiness to continue in a teacher education
program.
- At every field experience certain candidates may be counselled out of the program.
- Academic deficiencies are discussed by program faculty to determine whether a candidate
may continue.
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Performance Indicator 4:
Institution has implemented a counseling process to regularly advise and position
future teacher education candidates to be successful.
- All teacher candidates receive advising before entering the programs to help them
identify whether teaching is a good career choice for them.
- Any disciplinary procedure, including failing grade or dismissal from the program
includes extensive counseling procedures involving more than one faculty and the School
director.
Ongoing Screening and Counseling
The unit ensures that ongoing screening and counseling of teacher candidates occurs
by practicing teachers or faculty members.
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Performance indicator 1:
Faculty members are responsible for meeting with assigned teacher education candidates
at least once per term.
- Each teacher candidate is assigned a faculty adviser.
- Â鶹´«Ã½ requires students to meet with the adviser to receive a registration code.
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Performance Indicator 2:
For all candidates, a program of study is designed to address the skills and knowledge
essential for candidates to be successful.
- A four-year tentative study plan is developed with each freshman.
- All postbaccalaureate programs operate within a cohort model.
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Performance Indicator 3:
Each candidate meets with faculty members every academic term to discuss curriculum
plans and ways to integrate field experience with content knowledge.
See Indicator 1 above.