2013 – 2014 - Barton College

234 EducationUpon hearing the arguments from the parties involved, the TeacherEducation Committee may take one of the following courses of action:1. Uphold the decision to remove the person from student teaching.2. Uphold the appeal and allow the student to continue his/her teaching.3. Uphold the appeal and ask the Director of Field Experience to reassign the student toanother classroom.The records of the Teacher Education Committee concerning this case shall be on file in the officeof the Director of Field Experience for a period of five years. Members of the committee shallobserve strict confidentiality regarding the case.Application for Professional LicensureThe application form for a North Carolina teaching license must be filled out during the studentteaching semester. The form must be returned to the Director of Teacher Education. A candidatedesiring teacher licensure in another state or add-on licensure must assume personal responsibilityfor providing the necessary application forms to the Director of Teacher Education.College Graduate Seeking License Only(A candidate who has received a baccalaureate degree and is interested in obtaining North Carolina licensureenters Barton College as a licensure-only student.)The licensure-only candidate who has graduated from an accredited college or university withat least a 2.50 grade point average may be admitted to the Teacher Education Program withno additional entrance requirements. Students with less than a 2.50 grade point average will beadmitted with a passing score on the Praxis I exam and one of the following conditions: (1) a gradepoint average of 3.00 in the major field of study; (2) a grade point average of 3.00 on all workcompleted in the senior year; or (3) a grade point average of 3.00 on a minimum of 15 semesterhours of coursework related to licensure and completed during the preceding five years.Lateral Entry Policy(A licensure-only candidate who holds a degree but not a teaching license and has been hired by a LocalEducation Agency (LEA) is labeled as a lateral entry candidate. Upon completion of a licensure program,his/her lateral entry/provisional license will be cleared.)The requirements for the lateral entry candidate are generally the same as the licensure-onlycandidate. Field experience and EDU 470 (Student Teaching); EDU 473/474 (Preservice Teaching)or EDU 475/476 (Preservice Teaching for APP) may be waived, however, if the candidate isemployed as a classroom teacher in his/her specific licensure area and provides documentation