Program Pathways
Beginning Summer 2022, the Educator Preparation Institute has developed three pathways to gain a Florida Teacher Certificate based on the subject area certification of the teacher-candidate.
Subject Area Certification
EPI Core Pathway - 25 Credits
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Pathway Course Number, Title, and Credits are listed below:
- EPI0001 Classroom Management, 3 credits
- EPI0002 Instructional Strategies, 3 credits
- EPI0003 Educational Technology, 3 credits
- EPI0004 Teaching and Learning Process, 3 credits
- EPI0010 Foundations of Research-Based Practices in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0020 Professional Foundations, 2 credits
- EPI0030 Diversity in the Classroom, 2 credits
- EPI0945 Field Experience I, 3 credits
- EPI0940 Field Experience II, 3 credits
Teacher candidates earning certification in one of the following subject areas must successfully complete this pathway that includes coursework that covers reading endorsement competencies 1-2:
- Agriculture (6-12)
- Art (K-12)
- Biology (6-12)
- Business Education (6-12)
- Chemistry (6-12)
- Computer Science (K-12)
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing (K-12)
- Drama (6-12)
- Earth-Space Science (6-12)
- Educational Media Specialist (PK-12)
- Engineering and Technology Education (6-12)
- Family and Consumer Science (6-12)
- General Science (5-9)
- Health (K-12)
- Humanities (K-12)
- Marketing (6-12)
- Mathematics (5-9)
- Mathematics (6-12)
- Music (K-12)
- Physical Education (K-12)
- Physics (6-12)
- Preschool Education (Birth - Age 4)
- Social Science (5-9)
- Social Science (6-12)
- Visually Impaired (K-12)
- World Language: French (K-12)
- World Language: German (K-12)
- World Language: Latin (K-12)
- World Language: Spanish (K-12)
EPI ESE Pathway – 28 credits
- Pathway Course Number, Title, and Credits are listed below:
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- EPI0001 Classroom Management, 3 credits
- EPI0002 Instructional Strategies, 3 credits
- EPI0003 Educational Technology, 3 credits
- EPI0004 Teaching and Learning Process, 3 credits
- EPI0010 Foundations of Research-Based Practices in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0011 Foundations of Assessment and Differentiated Instruction in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0020 Professional Foundations, 2 credits
- EPI0030 Diversity in the Classroom, 2 credits
- EPI0945 Field Experience I, 3 credits
- EPI0940 Field Experience II, 3 credits
Teacher candidates earning certification in the following subject area must successfully complete this pathway that includes coursework that covers reading endorsement competencies 1-4:
- Exceptional Student Education (K-12)
EPI with Reading Endorsement Pathway - 31 credits
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Pathway Course Number, Title, and Credits are listed below:
- EPI0001 Classroom Management, 3 credits
- EPI0002 Instructional Strategies, 3 credits
- EPI0003 Educational Technology, 3 credits
- EPI0004 Teaching and Learning Process, 3 credits
- EPI0010 Foundations of Research-Based Practices in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0011 Foundations of Assessment and Differentiated Instruction in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0014 Demonstration of Accomplishment in Reading, 3 credits
- EPI0020 Professional Foundations, 2 credits
- EPI0030 Diversity in the Classroom, 2 credits
- EPI0945 Field Experience I, 3 credits
- EPI0940 Field Experience II, 3 credits
Teacher candidates earning certification in one of the following subject areas, must successfully complete this pathway that includes coursework that covers all 5 competencies for a reading endorsement:
- Elementary Education (grades K-6)
- English (grades 5-9)
- English (grades 6-12)
- English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) (grades K-12)
- Prekindergarten/Primary Education (Age 3 - grade 3)
- Reading (grades K-12)
- Reading (endorsement)