SPECIAL ADMISSION POLICY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Rationale: Admission to all Northern teacher education programs is very selective and competitive using objective criteria in addition to professional judgment. The School of Education may accept through alternative evidence of competence students who have diagnosed disabilities and who cannot be accommodated through normal testing provisions.

Policy: Students admitted to the Northern State University teacher education program must meet all the published requirements (e.g., GPA, PPST scores, and pre-requisite course grades). Students who have diagnosed disabilities affecting admission requirements may provide other valid but alternative evidence of attainment of the stated requirements.

Procedure:

1. The student submits the Application to Teacher Education to the education office.

2. The following evidence must accompany the student's application:

  1. a recommendation from an approved field experience by a university supervisor.   An experience may be arranged if necessary.
  2. recommendation from the student's academic advisor.
  3. documentation of a diagnosed disability and suggested alternative testing provisions or suggested activities to account for published requirements as formulated by the NSU Office of Disability Services.
  4. valid documentation from the alternative testing provisions or activities.

3. The information is confidentially examined by the Dean of the School of Education and a decision is reported to the Teacher Education Council (TEC). The Dean may choose to select a subcommittee of the TEC for processing the decision. The Dean may also choose to bring the matter to a vote by the TEC. In that case permission may be needed to divulge specific parts of the confidential information to members of the TEC.

4. The student may appeal any decision of the Dean through the approved university appeals process found in the student handbook.

 

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