All graduate students in teacher preparation programs must provide evidence of the following requirements for academic approval to student teach:

·          Completion of all general education requirements
·          Completion of all education courses with no more than 2 Cs
·          Completion of all content or concentration area coursework
·          Completion of Introduction, Social and Cultural Foundations, Theory and Practice and Early Childhood Studies (ECE only) courses
·          Cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or better
·          Meet designated program standards
·          Pass the relevant Illinois Content Area (Subject Matter) Test
Once a student has received academic approval for student teaching, the following additional evidence is required:
·          Completion of all required field experiences (minimum of 100 hrs of supervised contact with students)
·          Three satisfactory evaluations in field experiences
·          Three satisfactory faculty recommendations