Teaching Education

If you already have an Indiana teaching license, you can add the ENL licensure by completing our Graduate Certificate in TESL/TEFL.  Licensure will be for the level of your original license.

Graduate Students who do not already have an Indiana Teaching License can earn one through the university's Transition to Teaching program.  A Master's degree does not automatically confer licensure, but it demonstrates competence in the content area, which makes one eligible for the Transition to Teaching.  Other qualifications necessary for application to the Transition to Teaching Program include an Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or a GPA of 2.5 plus 5 years of experience in the field. This program consists of 18 semester hours of study in teaching pedagogy (3 semester hours of which are taken in the LLL department) and adolescent development, with supervised field experiences.  Most courses are offered online, and include field experiences that can be adapted to accommodate working individuals.   

See your advisor, Dr. Lisa Calvin, or Dr. Judy Sheese, the Director of Education Student Services  (812-237-3131), for specific questions about teaching licensure in your area. 

The following links may prove useful: Dr. Lisa Calvin

Indiana Division of Professional Standards
http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps

Indiana Division of Professional Standards--Standards for English as a New Language
http://doe.state.in.us/lmmp/enlstandards.html

Indiana Division of Professional Standards--Standards for Foreign Languages http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/standards/ForeignLangContStds.html

INTASC Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Interstate_New_Teacher_Assessment_and_Support_Consortium/

NETS (National Educational Technology Standards)
http://cnets.iste.org/