Application to the Teacher Education Program
APU candidates prepare to work in schools as teachers, and they must know and demonstrate the content, pedagogical, and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Therefore, the Department of Teacher Education assesses the candidate from admissions through recommendation of credentials in these standards, making APU graduates highly sought-after professionals.
Application for admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP) is needed only when applying to the credential program, not the bachelor's degree. The application requires liberal studies majors to complete a minimum of 60 units of university course work, attend a mandatory information meeting, and successfully complete the application process to the Teacher Education Program prior to taking any TEP courses. See requirements for “Admission to the Teacher Education 2042 Multiple-Subject Credential Program, Track A”. Candidates may then begin a sequence of professional TEP-prefixed education courses, which include 30 hours of concurrent daytime field experience in preparation for full-time student teaching later. TEP courses taken by undergraduate students may not apply to the Master of Arts, and these units will have to be made up prior to the completion of the Master of Arts in Education. Undergraduates must wait to complete the student teaching or intern teaching portion of the credential until they are graduate students with posted bachelor’s degrees.
