Roadmap to Certification

Roadmap to Certification

Jennifer's crucial components to obtaining her teacher certification

Program Pathway Required Courses

Possible Detours & How to Get Back on Track

Program Pathway Requirements

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Personal Milestones & Celebrations

Credential Assessments

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• CSET - pass before clinical classes
• edTPA - worked on during CP II/III and submitted by the end of CP III
• Quarterly assessments - Due at the end of CP I, II, & III
• Summative assessment - Due at the end of CP IV
• RICA - pass before the end of the credential program

• Official undergraduate transcripts from a regionally accredited university verifying conferral of a baccalaureate degree

• Verification of Employment
• Verification of a current MOU between Alliant and the Employing Agency
• Signed Acknowledgment Form
• Signed Statement of Release Form
• Good Academic Standing:
• Active Status in the program
• $0 Zero Financial Balance
• No Holds on Your Account
• Minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Clearance by Credential Analyst

• Certificate of Clearance
• U.S. Constitution Exam
• Subject Matter Competency
• Prerequisite Coursework:
• Verification of successful passage of EDU62030: Professional Learning & Practice
• This course meets the CTC 120 hours of preservice requirement.
• Verification of successful passage of EDU62040: Educational Foundations
• Signed Assurance Form
• Completed Professional Dispositions Checklist

• US Constitution exam
• Wait until my 2nd term when I’m only in 1 course so I can focus on both and not feel overwhelmed with coursework
• edTPA
• Utilize the aid from family members who have gone through a teaching credential program
• Don’t try to be perfect but make sure I hit all rubric criteria
• BREATHE
• Being able to complete coursework while working full-time
• Plan my time out accordingly
• Take breaks when I start to feel overwhelmed

• EDU62030 Professional Learning and Practice
• EDU62040B Special Educational Foundations
• TEL71710 Educational Technology
• TCH76860 Introduction to Research
• EDU62350 Content Knowledge & Instructional Practice: I Elementary

• Methods
• EDU62460 Clinical Practice I: Planning
• EDU62470 Clinical Practice II: Teaching & Planning

• EDU62120A Content Knowledge & Instructional Practice: II: Literacy Pedagogy
• EDU62480 Clinical Practice III: Assessment
• EDU62630 Content Knowledge & Instructional Practice: III: Teaching English Learners
• EDU62050 Content Knowledge & Instructional Practice IV: Differentiated Learning
• EDU68900B Clinical Practice IV: K-12 Special Education; Reflection & Professional Responsibility
• TCH76910 Research in Action: Communities of Practice

• Walking at graduation for my bachelor’s
• Ceremony is May 1st at 2pm at Grand Canyon University in Arizona
• Obtaining my intern position
• I am currently working as a long-term substitute in a middle school RSP classroom and just interviewed for the position to become my internship. I will have a decision soon!
• Moving into our 1st apartment
• My husband & I got married July 2022 and this will be our 1st place together. We are planning on moving sometime in July.