Whatever your background and interest, High Point University’s Stout School of Education has a program that will help you gain your teaching license in an area that aligns to your prior experiences. This will allow you to make an impact in the classroom, on day one, as a highly effective educator. All our residency programs are recognized by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction as approved Educational Preparation Programs (EPPs).
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Why HPU’s Stout School of Education?
Flexible All courses throughout the program are delivered in an online face-to-face model.
Quality Learn from nationally recognized faculty with K-12 teaching, administrative, and district leadership experience at a nationally recognized Educational Preparation Program.
Relevant Choose from content areas that align with your passion and prior experiences:
Offered Licensure Programs
Elementary Education
- Elementary Education
Special Education
- Special Education General
- Special Education Adapted
Middle Grades
- Middle Grades Language Arts
- Middle Grades Math
- Middle Grades Science
- Middle Grades Social Studies
Secondary Education
- Secondary Biology
- Secondary English
- Secondary History
- Secondary Mathematics
- Secondary Science
- Secondary Social Studies
K-12 Education
- K-12 Health & PE
- K-12 Music
- K-12 Spanish
| Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDU 5920. Literacy and Language Development I (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5930. Literacy and Language Development II (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5934. Elementary Mathematics Development (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | |||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
| Fall | Spring | Fall |
|---|---|---|
| EDU 5922. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | ||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
| Fall | Spring | Fall |
|---|---|---|
| EDU 5922. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | ||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
| Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDU 5920. Literacy and Language Development I (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5932. Policies and Procedures in Special Education (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5934. Elementary Mathematics Development (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | |||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
| Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDU 5920. Literacy and Language Development I (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5932. Policies and Procedures in Special Education (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5936. Advocacy for Exceptional Learners (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | |||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
| Fall | Spring | Fall |
|---|---|---|
| EDU 5922. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (3) | EDU 5926. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners (3) | EDU 5940. Implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment (3) |
| EDU 5924. Classroom Management and Behavior Support (3) | EDU 5928. Learning Technologies (3) | EDU 5944. Residency Teaching Support (3) |
| EDU 5942. Teacher Licensure Advancement Seminar (1) | ||
| Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 6 | Total Hours= 7 |
Eligibility for Admissions
In order to be eligible for admissions to the Residency License Program, you will need:
- A Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- Have earned a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.70
- One of the following to meet the initial eligibility “content” criteria:
- A “relevant” degree in subject area, or
- 24 hours in subject area, or
- Passing Praxis II scores on the appropriate exam(s)
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NOTE: These are requirements for admissions into our Residency Licensure Program. In order to be recommend for licensure, candidates must successfully complete our program, pass the edTPA and pass all required Praxis exams
Praxis II
All Residency Licensure Candidates must take and pass the Praxis II before applying for full licensure. For information on which Praxis test to take, please review the North Carolina State Board of Education’s Policy LICN-003: Licensing Testing Requirements.
Teacher Residency Licensure Handbook 2023-2024 (please request the most up to date copy from the School of Education)
FAQs
The residency license is a new North Carolina licensure pathway that replaced the lateral entry pathway back in 2019. The residency license is a one-year pathway, renewable up to two times, for a total of three years. The residency pathway is built for those candidates that have strong content knowledge but whose background is not education.
Applicants to the Residency Licensure Program must hold a bachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of 2.7+ (3.0 preferred) and have either a degree that aligns to their area of licensure or have a least 24 relevant credit hours in their licensure area, or pass the Praxis II exam for their licensure area.
All licensure areas will begin in August and will take 12-16 months to complete.
View current tuition price for the Residency program here
Yes! Provided you follow the course progression and take both courses per semester.