Admission into the Teacher Education Program

 All candidates for Missouri State Teacher Certification must be formally admitted into the Teacher Education program at Missouri Baptist University. This process is separate from admission to the university and should begin with a completed admission packet prior to the completion of EDUC 213 Foundational Perspectives of Education, or prior to the completion of EDUC 303 Methods of Teaching for those students who have transferred a course equivalent to EDUC 213 or who take EDUC 213 online. No student will be allowed to student teach unless he or she has been formally admitted into the Teacher Education program.

The packet can downloaded below or found outside Kathleen Wendt’s office in the field building on main campus, room 312 or downloaded through the education website and are turned in to the education department.

Admission into the Teacher Education program includes completion of the Teacher Education Program Release/Waiver Form and the Application for Admission to the Teacher Education Program along with submission of a current resume, educational philosophy, autobiographical sketch, three letters of recommendation (one of which must be from a Missouri Baptist University faculty member), ACT/SAT scores, and College Basic Academic Subjects Examination (C-BASE) scores. It must be noted that no undergraduate degree-seeking candidate will be admitted into the Teacher Education program and/or be allowed to student teach without passing all sections of the C-BASE test. Post-baccalaureate students seeking initial certification, whether at the graduate- or undergraduate-level, are exempt from taking the C-BASE. Non-traditional students can email a letter to the division chair to receive an exemption from ACT/SAT scores. A non-traditional student is one who has obtained a bachelors degree and is coming back to get teacher certification or one who has been out of high school for longer then five years.

Application Packet

Teacher Education Checklist
Teacher Education Admissions Packet Directions
Application for Admission to the Teacher Education Program
Teacher Education Program Release Waiver Form
Candidate Self-Assessment
Recommendation Letter Template 
Acknowledgement Form
Student Teacher Placement Practices
Timeline