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Attendance

Because absence from class will prevent a student from getting the full benefit of a course and because in many courses, each student’s involvement contributes to the learning process for all other students in the class, the college has adopted the University Attendance Policy for all of its undergraduate courses.

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Background Checks, Drug Testing

A criminal background check is required of each student prior to participation in field work and student teaching. In addition, applicants for Wisconsin state teaching licensure are checked through the Wisconsin Criminal Investigation Bureau. Drug testing may also be required. The results of these checks and/or tests will affect the student’s eligibility to participate in field work and/or student teaching.

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Coaching Courses

Students may seek to enhance their job opportunities by enrolling in coaching courses: EDUC 1600 Principles, Problems and Psychology of Coaching and EDUC 1800 Theory and Practice in Coaching Team Sports.

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Field Experiences

Education students participate in field experiences at public, private, and parochial schools in the Milwaukee area. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) requires a minimum of 100 field hours to be completed prior to student teaching. Of these, the College of Education requires that a minimum of 50 hours must be completed in diverse settings with individuals whose backgrounds differ from those of the field students. Although Marquette University’s field experience requirements exceed those mandated by the DPI, students must satisfy Marquette’s requirements. Marquette University’s College of Education has established close, working relationships with several schools in the greater Milwaukee area.

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Retention in Program

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requires that students achieve a cumulative 2.750 GPA and a 2.750 GPA in their major, minor, and professional education sequence as well as obtain passing scores on the appropriate Praxis II content area test in order to be approved for student teaching and to be licensed. The College of Education does not accept courses with a grade of CD or lower to meet the requirement in the professional education sequence. Courses with these grades must be repeated. Anyone with questions related to admission or retention should contact the Office of Teacher Education. For more information see the College of Education Student Handbook.