Admission to Professional Standing in Agricultural Education
Professional Standing in Agricultural Education includes Tier II admission to the UWRF Educator Preparation Program and is required to register for TED 440 (Techniques in Agriculture), TED 422 (Secondary School and Content Area Reading) and Student/Intern Teaching. You must complete the application process the semester before you need to register for the first of these classes. Fall applications are generally due October 1 for spring registration. Spring applications are generally due February 15 for fall registration.
Application Process
The application process includes submitting a set of electronic documents and completing a review meeting with the agricultural education department chair. A list of the items you need to submit is located in the Application Materials section below. Careful planning is needed to complete all of the required elements by the submission deadline.
Admission Requirements
- Path 1 requires a combined GPA of at least 2.75. For undergraduate students, the combined GPA is found in the "Admission to Student Teaching GPA Calculations" section of the DAR, between the "General Education" and "Professional Education" sections as shown below
- Path 2 requires those with a combined GPA below 2.75 to submit an Academic Progress Portfolio. Email james.graham@uwrf.edu for details.
- Path 1 requires grades of 'C' or better in the course used to meet the "General Education Communication-Advanced (CA)" requirement (typically English 200) and either the course used to meet the "General Education Communication-Speaking and Listening (CS)" requirement (typically COMS 101 or a modern language course) or AGED 202.
- Path 2 requires a Communication Portfolio. Email james.graham@uwrf.edu for details.
Two UWRF faculty (from outside of the Agricultural Education Department) must return recommendation forms supporting admission.
Students who are admitted to Professional Standing must also meet the Required Criminal Background Check aspect of the Criminal Background Disclosure – Due Diligence Policy. Staff from the CEBAH Dean's Office will contact students who need to complete an initial or follow-up Criminal Background Check. The fees include $42 for a first time check and $32 for a follow-up recheck.
Application Materials, Part I
Open a copy of the Faculty Recommendation Form, add your information and distribute to two faculty members you wish to use as references. Any UWRF faculty outside of the Agricultural Education Department can serve as a reference. The person serving as the reference should send these directly to James Graham at james.graham@uwrf.edu.
Application Materials, Part II
The following items should be sent to james.graham@uwrf.edu as attachments to a single email message.
Open a copy of the Admissions Questionnaire, complete, sign and save the file.
Open a copy of the Application, complete the student information section, sign and save the file.
Review the Occupational Experience Policy on our Current Student Resources page. Open a copy of the Occupational Experience Record, fill in the experiences you have completed and save the document. This step is required to document your progress and you do not need to have completed all 2,000 hours to be admitted to Professional Standing. Your 2,000 hours must be completed before the start of student teaching.
Prepare a resume using the format suggested for a teaching position and save as a PDF file. You are highly encouraged to take advantage of the resources provided by UWRF Career Services including the Resume Writing Principles for Education Majors career handout, resume tips, resume review via email and presentations on writing resumes.
Review Meeting
The review meeting can be scheduled once the following materials have been submitted:
- Faculty recommendations
- Admissions Questionnaire
- Application
- Occupational Experience Record
- Resume
- Academic Achievement Portfolio (if required)
- Communication Portfolio (if required.
Please email wendy.riester@uwrf.edu to schedule a meeting.
Tips and Tools
- Contact james.graham@uwrf.edu with questions about the admissions process.
- PDF files need to be opened with Acrobat to access all features.
- Save copies of all your information for use when applying to student teach.
- The Registrar's Office provides a GPA Calculator to help predict a semester GPA or determine the grades needed to reach a specific GPA.
