Licensing Information

Licensing information

Professional Studies

For our school counselling program, all of the students are placed in field settings with licensed school counsellors. In Indiana, all practicing school counsellors are required by the state to be licensed. In addition, all of the field supervisors / university supervisors are licensed as required by the state.

For our Marriage and Family Therapy program, all of the students are placed in field settings with licensed practitioners. In Indiana, practicing therapists are required by the state to be licensed. In addition, all of the field supervisors / university supervisors are licensed.

For our educational leadership programs, all of the students are placed in school settings under the supervision of the school principal who is licensed as required by the state. In addition, all university supervisors either have current licenses or expired licenses as former teachers, principals, and in some cases, superintendent.

For our special education programs, all students are supervised by licensed teachers or principals when in the field. Requirements for the university supervisor are the same as they are for our Educational Studies program. See the requirements in the Educational Studies section below.

Educational Studies

The cooperating teachers who supervise our student teachers in their classrooms have current licenses and at least 3 years of teaching is preferred. If at least three years experience is not possible, we require a recommendation from the administration and/or building principal.

All of our student teaching university supervisors fill out an application for this position. They are required to submit resumes, transcripts, and letters of recommendations that show they meet the following criteria. They have to have at least a Master’s degree and a teaching license (current or expired). They need to have 3 positive letters of recommendations and over 10 years of teaching experience in either a public or private school setting. While it is not required, they may have had student teachers at some point in their teaching career. Many of our university supervisors are retired teachers or principals and supervise in the area of their expertise. For example, if they were a former High School English teacher, they will supervise some of our secondary English majors.