License Addition Programs

Candidates must complete the following courses and meet the program requirements as required by Indiana and Kentucky, if applicable.

All candidates must:

• Be admitted to the Educational Leadership Program at IU Southeast.
• Hold a valid classroom teaching license.
• Have completed the following course requirements:

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Course requirements (30 credit hours):

• EDUC-A 500 - Introduction to Educational Leadership
• EDUC-A 510 - School and Community Relations
• EDUC-A 608 - Legal Perspectives on Education
• EDUC-A 625 - Administration of the Elementary School
• EDUC-A 627 - Secondary School Administration
• EDUC-A 635 - Public School Budgeting and Accounting
• EDUC-A 638 - Public School Personnel Management
• EDUC-A 695 - Practicum in School Administration (3 one-hour sections)
• EDUC-H 520 - Education and Social Issues (section for Educational Leadership)
• EDUC-J 500 - Instruction in the context of School Curriculum

Attention Kentucky candidates: All coursework must be post-master's.

1. Attend a program group advising session, meet with an Educational Leadership program faculty member, or have a telephone advising meeting with an Educational Leadership program faculty member.
2. Complete the online application. A $40 application fee is assessed when applying to the program. If a previous application fee was paid, the fee should be waived. To determine if the fee is to be waived, contact our Records Specialist, listed in the Contacts and Advising section below.
3. On the Uploads tab, upload an essay that explains why you want to be a building-level administrator, how you have impacted student learning, and how you have served as a school leader.
4. Three letters of recommendation that address your leadership skills must be submitted. One must be from a current or recent supervisor. Use the Recommendation tab on the online application to request electronically. If desired, letters may be mailed directly to the Records Specialist.
5. Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A minimum 3.0 GPA must be reflected on all transcripts.
6. Also on the Uploads tab, upload a copy of current teaching license. (Emergency license and statement of eligibility are not acceptable.)
7. Applications are due at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the summer, fall, or spring term.
8. A500 Introduction to Educational Leadership must be taken as one of the first courses. It is offered each term. Contact Dr. Robin Fankhauser (WE SHOULD PUT THE TITLE HERE), listed in the Contacts and Advising section, for more information.

Important information:

• Indiana applicants must hold a master’s degree or be enrolled in the M.S.Ed. program at IU Southeast.
• Kentucky applicants must hold a master’s degree to be considered for acceptance. Kentucky candidates may apply hours toward a Rank I upon completion of the program.

A two-year gap in coursework will require a new application for re-admission into any graduate program and a mandatory meeting with a program advisor. The re-admitted candidate must then comply with any new program requirements, if any.

Graduate admission application deadlines:

Summer Session 1
Rolling application. Review up until 10 days before the term begins.

Summer Session 2
Rolling application. Review up until 10 days before the term begins.

Fall
Rolling application. Review up until 10 days before the term begins.

Spring
Rolling application. Review up until 10 days before the term begins.

For matters related to fees, recommendation letters, or OTHER RECORDS, contact our Records Specialist: 812-941-2388.

For individual advising for the Educational Leadership license, contact Dr. Robin Fankhouser, rfankhau@iu.edu

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

For an ENL/ESL license in Indiana, candidates must complete 15 credit hours of required coursework.

Required Courses

• EDUC-L 524 - Language Education Issues in Bilingual and Multicultural Education
• EDUC-L 540 - ESL/EFL Instruction and Assessment Approaches
• EDUC-L 539 - Language Foundations for ESL/EFL
• EDUC-L 502 - Socio-Psycholinguistics Application to Reading Instruction
• EDUC-M 501 - Laboratory/Field Experience in ESL (Observations) (1 credit hour)
• EDUC-M 501 - Laboratory/Field Experience in ESL (Teaching in local settings) (2 credit hours)

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

In addition to the required courses for the Indiana teaching licensure, those seeking Rank 1 in Kentucky must take 3 additional courses from the following options (9 credit hours). Teachers must be licensed in Indiana before adding endorsement to Kentucky license.

Rank 1 Required Additional Courses

• EDUC-L 541 - Writing Instruction for TESL Teachers
• EDUC-L 546 - Mentorship and Literacy Coaching of EFL/ESL Teaching (currently taught online via IU Bloomington)
• EDUC-L 547 - Language Policy and Planning (currently taught online via IU Bloomington)

Additional options of other related courses pend approval through petition (3-9 credit hours).

The ENL/ESL License Program features a rolling application process.

1. Communicate with Dr. Kelli Bernedo, program coordinator, at to ensure your goals and our program align. kdehr@iu.edu.
2. Complete online application. The $40 application fee is currently waived due to COVID-19 but may be reinstated at any time. If you have questions about the application, please contact Tracy Stracener, Records Specialist at tstracen@iu.edu or (812) 941-2388.
3. You will choose Graduate Additional License in ENL, or if you wish to pursue your Master of Science, choose Elementary or Secondary with an ENL Concentration. Learn more about the MS program.
4. For your personal statement please state why you wish to join this program.
5. Complete the online self-evaluation survey.
6. Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A 2.5 GPA for all undergraduate coursework, 3.0 GPA for all graduate coursework must be reflected on all transcripts. Mail these to the address below. Many universities also have an online delivery of transcripts. Those can be sent to this email: tstracen@iu.edu.
7. Also please send a copy of your current teaching license or state of eligibility. (Emergency license may be accepted for courses toward a permanent license, but please communicate with Dr. Bernedo to be sure.)

Contact Dr. Kelli Bernedo, Program Coordinator, at kdehr@iu.edu for more information.

Please send all completed materials to:

IU Southeast School of Education
Tracy Stracener, Records Specialist
Hillside Hall 108A
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, IN 47150
or
email: tstracen@iu.edu

All candidates pursuing the M.S.Ed. Degree with a concentration in ENL/ESL or a stand-alone ENL/ESL license must meet with Dr. Kelli Bernedo, the program coordinator. Contact Dr. Bernedo to schedule an advising session. This can be conducted via email, Zoom, or an in-person meeting. The goal is to ensure that your goals and the program are a match and to ensure that we can meet your needs.

Candidates getting ready to finalize the program and need clinical placements for EDUC-M 501 (the ENL/ESL Practicum) must contact Dr. Kelli Bernedo for clinical placement, pre-requisites, registration in M501, and placements.

For more information, don't hesitate to contact our ENL/ESL Coordinator.

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

The Gifted and Talented Education license at IU Southeast offers interested candidates a program of coursework toward an Indiana K-12 High Ability / Gifted and Talented certification. The program requires 12 credit hours of coursework.

Required Courses

• EDUC-W 551 - Education and Psychology of the Gifted and Talented (online)
• EDUC-W 552 - Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented (online)
• EDUC-W 553 - Methods and Materials for the Gifted and Talented*
• EDUC-W 595 - Practicum in Gifted and Talented

*For EDUC-W 553 - Methods and Materials for the Gifted and Talented, this course can be substituted for other approved Gifted and Talented courses.

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

In addition to the required courses for Indiana teaching licensure, those seeking Rank 1 in Kentucky must take 4 additional courses from the following options (12 credit hours, for a total of 24 credit hours pertinent to Gifted and Talented education). Teachers must be licensed in Indiana before adding an endorsement to Kentucky license.

Required Courses for Rank 1 in Kentucky

• EDUC-W 551 - Education and Psychology of the Gifted and Talented (online)
• EDUC-W 552 - Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented (online)
• EDUC-W 553 - Methods and Materials for the Gifted and Talented
• EDUC-W 560 - Topical Seminar in Gifted Education
• EDUC-W 595 - Practicum in Gifted and Talented

Choose three courses from below

• EDUC-K 500 - Topical Seminary in Special Education: Autism Spectrum
• EDUC-K 563 - Learning Disabilities I
• EDUC-L 524 - Language Education Issues in Bilingual and Multicultural Education
• EDUC-L 530 - National Writing Project
• EDUC-W 505 - Workshop: Teaching Coding in the Classroom or Using Technology with Problem-Based Learning

Other technology courses, high ability courses, pedagogy courses, or graduate courses outside of the School of Education with permission of program advisor.

The IU Southeast School of Education accepts applications on a rolling basis. Applications are accepted anytime and reviewed up until the week before the term begins.

1. For advising questions about the Gifted and Talented license addition, contact Dr. Donna Albrecht at dalbrec@iu.edu or (812) 941-2594. You may request a phone, Zoom, or in-person advising meeting.
2. Complete online application. The online application will prompt you for a brief personal statement and will ask you to upload a copy of current teaching license or statement of eligibility, if applicable for your program.
3. Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A 2.5 GPA for all undergraduate course work and a 3.0 GPA for all graduate course work is required.
4. Please send sealed official transcripts to the Student Records Specialist at the following address:
   
   IU Southeast School of Education
   Hillside Hall 108A
   4201 Grant Line Road
   New Albany, IN 47150

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Courses

• EDUC-K 590 - Topics in Education: RTI (1 credit hour)
• EDUC-L 520 - Advanced Methods of Second/Foreign Language Teaching (ENL)*
• EDUC-L 545/E 545 - Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading in Elementary School*
• EDUC-S 514 - Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading in Jr. High/Secondary Schools
• EDUC-W 505 - Professional Development Workshop: Technology as a Teaching Tool (1 credit hour)
• EDUC-X 504 - Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties*
• EDUC-X 525 - Practicum: Impacting Student Learning* (1 credit hour)
• EDUC-X 525 - Capstone Practicum in Reading

Electives
Choose one course

• EDUC-E 549 - Advanced Study in the Teaching of Language Arts in the Elementary School
• EDUC-S 516 - Advanced Study in the Teaching of English Language Arts in the Jr. High and Secondary School

Choose one course

• EDUC-W 505 - Professional Development Workshop in Literacy
• EDUC-W 553 - Gifted and Talented or other approved Gifted and Talented courses
• EDUC-L 559/L 535 - Children's Literature/Adolescent Literature (if neither one has been taken in undergraduate studies)
• Graduate level computer course
• Approved Graduate level writing course (See coordinator/advisor for approval)
• Approved Graduate level ENL/ESL course (other than L520)
• Other approved literacy-related courses ((See coordinator/advisor for approval)
  (Credits from Reading Recovery, Indiana/Kentucky Writing Project, Bellarmine Reading Project, etc. fit this category. You must have a transcript showing graduate credit hours from an accredited institution. If you have these specific credits showing on your graduate transcript, there is no need to file a petition. If asking for approval for other classes, file a petition form with documentation of course description, course curricula, and transcript. Submit to S. Ridout.)

*Several of the literacy courses have assessment assignments/writing requirements for the program embedded in the course syllabi. Therefore, if petitioning to get credit for a course with an embedded assessment requirement, the student must submit the assessment piece(s) to meet the license program requirements. This holds true for transfer credits, as well. Courses that possess an assessment assignment/writing requirement are noted above with an asterisk*. Contact Dr. Susan Ridout at sridout@iu.edu or 812-941-2367 for details.

Some of these courses may require permission to enroll, indicated by "PERM" in the Schedule of Classes. Contact sridout@iu.edu for permission. Always provide your student ID # with any request.

No more than 6 graduate credit hours may be transferred from another institution to fulfill the above requirements. The Graduate Advisor or the Reading Coordinator will determine if the course(s) will qualify for this licensure program.

The Reading Teacher License Program features a rolling application process.

1. Download the appropriate check sheet from the Resources section at the bottom of this page.
2. Watch the appropriate screen cast at the bottom of this page.
3. Complete the online application. You will asked to submit a copy of your current teaching license or statement of eligibility.
4. Submit to our Records Specialist official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions outside of an Indiana University campus. A 3.0 GPA in graduate coursework or a 2.5 GPA for undergraduate coursework is required.

Please send all completed materials to:

IU Southeast School of Education
Hillside Hall 108A
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, IN 47150

For individual advising for the Reading license, please contact our Reaching Program Coordinator.

Students complete 27 credit hours of graduate-level coursework that reflects a comprehensive approach to building skills to address the scholastic needs of students with mental, emotional, learning and other differences or disabilities.

Students must have a current/valid teaching license.

All courses are 3 credit hours and require a grade of a B or better unless otherwise noted.

Required Courses (27 Credit Hours)

• EDUC-K 505 - Introduction to Special Education for Graduate Students*
• EDUC-K 535 - Assessment/Remediation of Mildly Handicapped I
• EDUC-K 553 - Management of Academic and Social Behavior
• EDUC-K 544 - Emotional Disorders Methods II
• EDUC-K 565 - Collaboration and Service Delivery
• EDUC-K 580 - Curriculum & Methods of Education for Mental Disabilities
• EDUC-K 500 - Topical Seminary in Special Education: Autism Spectrum (2 credit hours)
• EDUC-K 563 - Learning Disabilities I
• EDUC-K 590 - Independent Study or Research in SPED V.T. Response to Intervention in Literacy Instruction (Online and 1 credit hour)
• EDUC-K 588 - Supervised Teaching in Special Education

*Required if K205 Undergraduate Course was taken prior to 2004

Kentucky teachers may receive a Rank I with a total of 60 graduate credit hours in Education (or licensed teaching areas), including a master's degree. Post-masters work must be in a planned Rank I program, candidates must be admitted to a licensure program (Computer Education, Educational Leadership, ESL/ENL, Gifted and Talented, Reading, Special Education) to meet this requirement. The University must recommend the candidate to the Kentucky EPSB for the change in rank for Licensure Programs; this will include testing as required by the EPSB and a CA-1 application for the rank change. An Indiana license is required prior to adding an endorsement to a Kentucky license.

1. Communicate with Dr. Sarah Sehlinger, program coordinator, to ensure your goals and our program align and for advising: ssehlin@iu.edu
2. Complete online application. The $40 application fee is currently waived due to COVID-19 but may be reinstated at any time. If you have questions about the application, please contact Tracy Stracener, Records Specialist at tstracen@iu.edu or (812) 941-2388.
3. Choose the Special Education program that you are pursuing, or if you wish to pursue your Master of Science, choose Elementary or Secondary with a Special Education Concentration. You can find out more information about the MS program on the Graduate Programs page.
4. The online application will prompt you for a brief personal statement and will ask you to upload a copy of current teaching license or statement of eligibility, if applicable for your program.
5. Fill out this online self-evaluation survey.
6. Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A 2.5 GPA for all undergraduate coursework, 3.0 GPA for all graduate coursework must be reflected on all transcripts. Many universities also have an online delivery of transcripts. Those can be sent to this email: tstracen@iu.edu

Please send sealed official transcripts to the Student Records Specialist at the following address:

Tracy Stracener, Records Specialist
IU Southeast School of Education
Hillside Hall 108A
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, IN 47150

For individual advising for the Special Education license, please contact our Special Education Coordinator.