Initial Certification - Secondary (EICS)

Program Contact: Dr. Christa Roney

(M. A. Degree) Thirty-three Hours Required.

Candidates with a bachelor’s degree and a certifiable major who aspire to become teachers in the secondary setting (9-12) should enroll in this program. Through this program candidates will develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be effective educators in their own classrooms. Georgetown College offers the following secondary certifiable majors:  Biological Sciences, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics, and Social Studies.

Candidates must successfully complete 200 field placement hours.

Candidates must complete 70 days of student teaching. If the candidate holds a temporary provisional teaching certificate and is the teacher of record in the area in which they are seeking certification they will complete 100 hours.

Candidates must pass the PLT PRAXIS to be eligible for certification.