To complete the program graduate candidates must meet the following criteria: a) successful completion of a minimum of 44 semester hours of graduate coursework, b) successful completion of all required coursework, c) maintenance of a minimum grade point average of 3.00, d) successful completion of all field experiences and internships, and e) completion of the Praxis II Series examination in the Early Childhood Education area passing score required.

At the end of the internship semester, a program area committee completes a competency review of each intern’s performance and recommends exit from the program. Exit criteria include the following: (a) passing scores on rubrics for final portfolio documents, midterm and final internship evaluations, and rubrics for unit work samples; (b) satisfactory review of any Professional Dispositions and Skills Forms; and (c) a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

The following signatures will be on the recommendation for exit from the program:

1.       ECED faculty designee
2.       Department chair  of Curriculum and Instruction
3.       EDUC 695 Faculty member
4.       University supervisor
5.       Mentor-teacher from the final internship (optional). (If there is a discrepancy, the mentor-teacher may be asked to sign the recommendation also.) 

A signed recommendation for exit from the program is required in addition to items specified for program completion in the Graduate Catalog. 

A passing score at the multi-structural level is required for portfolio documents and the unit work sample.