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Frequently asked questions
for provisionally admitted students
1. How can I find out about
scholarships?
You are
eligible for departmental
scholarships once you are admitted
into the Teacher Education Program.
Please go to
http://weber.edu/scholarships
for
more information including the
application materials. You may also apply for the Terrel
H. Bell Teaching Incentive Loan
Program. To find out
more about this, please go to
http://www.utahsbr.edu/policy/r603.htm.
To obtain an application for this
incentive loan program, please go to
http://departments.weber.edu/scholarships/applications/thbellappl3.pdf
2. Who do I contact for advisement?
If you have questions regarding your
program of study, transcripts,
registration, scholarships,
graduation or licensing
requirements, you will want to
contact:
Kristin Radulovich
(contact information is listed
below)
If you have
questions regarding career or
professional advisement, new student
orientation, registration concerns,
or student referrals, you will want
to contact:
Elementary Education - Professor
Marilyn Lofgreen, ED 310, 626-7125
mlofgreen@weber.edu
Secondary Education -
Professor Mike Smith, ED 332 ,
626-6624
rmsmith@weber.edu
If you are majoring in Early
Childhood Education, please contact
Darcy Gregg, ED 248, 626-6411
dgregg@weber.edu
If you are obtaining a license in Secondary Education and
you have questions regarding your
teaching major/teaching minor or
composite teaching major, you need to contact the specific department(s). A link is
provided below with names and
contact information.
3. What is the Praxis II
content-area exam and when do I need
to take it?
The Praxis Il
content-area exam measures your
content knowledge of the subjects
you will teach. Students who
will be student teaching Fall 2005
and beyond in all disciplines
must take Praxis II tests
prior to student teaching in
both their academic majors and
minors.
Please see the
memorandum from Dr. Michael E.
Cena for more detailed information.
It takes approximately four weeks
before the results are returned, so
please plan on taking the exam(s) at
the beginning of the semester prior
to the semester you plan to student
teach.
4.
When are the Praxis II content-area
exams given and where can I take it?
The Praxis exams
will be offered at the Weber State
University's Testing Center on the
following dates:
Test Dates Registration Deadline
September 8, 2007
August 9, 2007
November 17, 2007
October 18, 2007
January 12, 2008
December 13, 2007
March 15, 2008
February 14, 2008
April 26, 2008
March 27, 2008
June 14, 2008
May 15, 2008
5.
How do I register for the Praxis II content-area
exams?
You will want to
register through the Educational
Testing Service's (ETS) website
which is:
www.ets.org/praxis/
6.
When do I apply for student
teaching?
Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)
is completed the last semester of
your program of study. There
is a separate application for
student teaching which is due the semester
before you plan to student teach.
The deadline falls on the first
Friday of the semester. Please
see the link for additional
information.
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Department
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