Admit into Professional Standing in Agricultural Education

Overview

Professional Standing in Agricultural Education is required to register for ESM 300/500 - Environmental Education, TED 440 - Techniques of Middle/Secondary Education - Agriculture, TED 422 - Content Area Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools, and Student Teaching. You must complete the application process the semester before you need to register for the first of these classes. Fall applications are due October 1 for spring registration. Spring applications are due February 15 for fall registration.

Application Process

The application process includes a packet of materials and an interview with the Agricultural Education Department Chair. A completed application packet will include the following items:

The first three items must be completed well in advance. Please plan accordingly!

Praxis Testing

Praxis™ I Test (PPST®)

All students planning to enroll in an initial professional education program in Wisconsin colleges or universities that leads to a license to teach in the state will be required to pass basic skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics. The tests are usually taken during the first or second year of undergraduate work.

The tests are the Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST®) developed and administered by Educational Testing Service. The tests cover basic skills needed by teachers and were selected by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction based on the recommendation of a committee of Wisconsin teachers and teacher educators. The successful completion of either the PPST will fulfill the Wisconsin requirement.

Satisfactory score on the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) or the Computer Based Pre-Professional Skills Test (C-PPST) must be received (the official score sheet) prior to the admission deadline.

PPST Passing Scores

Test	Score
Reading	175
Writing	174
Math	173

You can obtain registration information in the Ag Ed Department Office (AGS 131), the CEPS Dean's Office (WEB 203) or from the Wisconsin section of the PRAXIS web site (All UWRF students must meet Wisconsin requirements even if they plan to teach in other states).

Note: Please allow 6 weeks from the time you take the test(s) for the Designated Institution Score Report to arrive in the Agricultural Education Department.

Praxis™ II Test

The tests will cover knowledge needed by beginning teachers and were selected by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction based on the recommendations of a committee of Wisconsin educators.

Licensing Area	Test Name	Test Code	Passing Score
Agricultural Education	Agricultural Education: Content Knowledge	10700	510

Testing List and Fees

For more information on the computer-based test (PRAXIS I only)

More Praxis™ information for students planning on teaching in:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Other States

Registering for a Praxis™ Test

Criminal History Reports

Reports are automatically completed in TED 252. Check with the Ag Ed Department Office to verify that a copy is in your file.

Faculty Recommendation Form

Please print and fill out two copies of the faculty reccomendation and distribute to two faculty members you wish to use as a reference. This is a PDF form which you can type your name in before you print, but cannot save as a file.

*Faculty members from the Agricultural Education Department cannot be used for this recommendation.

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Admissions Questionnaire

Please print and sign the following questionnaire. This is a PDF form which you can type your information in the boxes before you print, but you cannot save this. Bring this completed form to your interview for Admission to Professional Standing in Agricultural Education.

Questionnaire

Application

If you are ready to fill out the application for Admission to Professional Standing in Agricultural Education, click on the following link. Be sure to fill in all data fields that apply. If data field does not apply to you simply leave it blank. Please print two copies of this form. Turn in all forms to the Ag Ed Department and schedule a time for your interview (324 AGS).

Application Form

Degree Audit Report/Unofficial Transcript

Undergraduate Students

Please print out a current Degree Audit Report (DAR) from eSIS. DAR Instructions.

Graduate Students

Please print out a current Unofficial Transcript from eSIS.

Interview

Once your 2 faculty recommendations, criminal history reports and PRAXIS I scores have been received by the Ag Ed Department, you may schedule a time for your interview.
Please contact Fay Westberg to set up the interview.
Bring the remaining documents (Questionnaire, Plan Sheet, Application, and DAR/Unofficial Transcript) with you to your interview.

Tips

Any file ending in .pdf should automatically open with Adobe Acrobat Reader if you have it on your computer. If you do not, you will need to download it here.
Make sure you save all of your information! This will save you many future headaches.

Other Tools

Cumulative GPA - A "what-if" Calculator. Download and enter in all of your classes and grades and see what your GPA is/will be if you get the grades you are expecting. Follow the directions on the Excel Spreadsheet for optimal results.