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Frequently
Answered Questions
Not Sure if you are forgetting
something? Check our the "Yellow Sheet" - the
Teacher Education Checkoff 
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What is this page for?
We frequently get the same questions from several
people, and this will allow us to provide answers to common questions in a
format that can be referenced by all our students.
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Where do I get a degree audit?
Degree audits are now available online - see the
link to the left
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Who is my advisor?
All students need academic advising, sometimes
from more than one office or faculty member. Check on Anchor Access to
see who your assigned advisor is, contact the school office if you want to
change advisors. Elementary teacher candidates should have an
education faculty member as their Lead advisor (lead meaning preeminent not
heavy, dull and leaden). Elementary candidates should consult with
advisors from their academic minors when questions arise regarding course
offerings, etc. Secondary candidates should have a faculty advisor
from their major department who is familiar with the teacher certification
program as their lead advisor, and any member of the education faculty can assist
with education-related questions.
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When are the deadlines for
application?
Different deadlines are in place for the various
stages of the program. Check the FORMS PAGE (link on the left) and
review the deadlines for application to the school of education, application
for student teaching, and so on. There are also deadlines for filing
your LSSU documents (audits, declaration of candidacy etc)
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Why are there so many forms?
Teacher preparation is a highly regulated and
structured enterprise. In order to assist students in finding and
completing the necessary paperwork we have adopted a form-numbering
pattern. Some documents are not numbered (yet) and you will find them
described and linked from the main page.
How can you submit a
question? send it to dmyton@lssu.edu
and watch for the answer to be posted here!
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Can I take the MTTC subject area test for
Group Science if my minor is in Biology?
You may choose to take the test, but you can't be
recommended for the endorsement just based on a passing
score for a MTTC specialty area test.
Quoting from State Board of Education Teacher
Certification Code R390.1126 Rule 26.(3) "A
state elementary provisional certificate which is issued
after September 1, 1988, is valid for teaching all subjects
in grades kindergarten to and including 5, for teaching
subject areas in grades 6 to and including 8 in which the
applicant has completed a major or minor, and for teaching
all subjects in grades kindergarten to and including 8 when
those subjects are taught in a self-contained classroom in
which a majority of the instruction is provided by 1
teacher."
You can only be recommended by a
teacher preparation institution to the MDE for certification
based on your elementary program (for k-8 self contained and
6-8 single subject classroom in the area(s) your major(s)/minor(s).
If your minor was biology, or meets the requirements for our
approved biology minor, and you passed the biology specialty
exam with MTTC, then we can also recommend you on that
basis. The MTTC exam alone does not qualify for an
endorsement.
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Can I teach 8th grade math with an
elementary certificate?
You may be certified to teach grades 5-8
in the areas of major(s) and minor(s) upon the
recommendation of the university. One of the
criteria for that recommendation is a passing score on the
MTTC subject test. R390.1126
Did you see the Frequently Asked Questions
pages provided by the MDE? Follow
this link
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Questions: contact Dr.
David Myton, Head for the Department of Education
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