School of Education

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You can find information about this on our ineligibility page.

At any time in your career at UWL if you have any questions regarding degree completion contact the Dean's Office (260 Morris Hall, 785-8706).

While your faculty advisor can also check your status, the Academic Service Director/Teacher Certification Officer in the Dean's office is the person who will complete your official degree verification when you are all done with your student teaching experience. 

Yes.  If you are a Winter Intercession degree candidate, you may participate in the December commencement ceremony and if you are a Summer degree candidate, you may participate in the May commencement ceremony. 

General information about commencement can be found here. 

• When you apply to Student Teach, you should also submit your intent to graduate in your WINGS student center.
  • See Graduation Checklist for directions 
• Upon receipt of student teaching application, the SOE Dean’s Office will invite you to a Student Teaching Canvas Course. A program requirement/credit check will be completed by the Academic Services Director/Teacher Certification Officer. The status of your program requirements, benchmark assessments, and GPA will be updated in the Student Teaching Canvas Course. 

• As a student, you are responsible for ensuring that all program requirements have been met. Some resources to help you are:  
• Your Advisement Report (AR) in WINGS 
• UWL Undergraduate Catalog 
• Student Teaching Canvas Course 
• Your Advisor 
• Academic Services Director  
• Teacher candidates must complete all required benchmarks by the student teaching benchmark deadline to be cleared for student teaching. Please see the student teaching handbook for details. 

• General education and statutory requirements
• Retention policy
• Teacher candidate progress review (TCPR)
• Benchmark assessments (testing) requirements
• Disclosing criminal offenses and criminal background check
• Student teaching and internships
• Comprehensive assessment system and the edTPA

Read about our benchmark assessment here.

See Registration Information and FAQs here 

Includes: 

• WINGS help 
• Registration tips and tricks 
• Registration FAQs 
• Overrides/permission 
• Wait lists 
• Dropping a Class 
• WINGS manual for Students 

Wisconsin educator licensing code (PI 34.018(2)) requires that candidates for an educator license must apply for admission to the educator preparation program. Admission to the School of Education in the appropriate teacher education program is required to enroll in professional education courses.  

Please note: This is a separate application process from the application to UWL. 

Each program has specific criteria to be eligible to apply for admission. Please work with your academic advisor to determine the appropriate semester to apply for admission.  

Meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee admission into the School of Education or a specific teacher education program. Limited availability of resources may impact the number of students admitted to a given program.   

Re-Entry/Re-Admission to the School of Education. For education majors who: 

• Have been unenrolled in classes for at least one semester and seek to re-enter an SOE program 
• Have been admitted to SOE and wish to change to a different education major (continuous enrollment or pause in enrollment)