Program Pathways

Effective 2025, PHSC’s Educator Preparation Institute will only have two pathways to gain a Florida Teacher Certificate based on the subject area certification of the teacher-candidate. The EPI ESE Pathway will no longer be available. Those seeking certification in ESE will be required to complete the EPI with Reading Endorsement Pathway.

Subject Area Certification

EPI Core Pathway – 26 Credits

Pathway Course Number, Title, and Credits are listed below:

  • EPI 0001 Classroom Management, 3 credits
  • EPI 0002 Instructional Strategies, 3 credits
  • EPI 0003 Educational Technology, 3 credits
  • EPI 0004 Teaching and Learning Process, 3 credits
  • EPI 0009 Foundations and Applications of Evidence-Based Practices in Reading, 4 credits
  • EPI 0020 Professional Foundations, 2 credits
  • EPI 0030 Diversity in the Classroom, 2 credits
  • EPI 0945 Field Experience I, 3 credits
  • EPI 0940 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 with Reading Endorsement Pathway – 32 credits

Pathway Course Number, Title, and Credits are listed below:

  • EPI 0001 Classroom Management, 3 credits
  • EPI 0002 Instructional Strategies, 3 credits
  • EPI 0003 Educational Technology, 3 credits
  • EPI 0004 Teaching and Learning Process, 3 credits
  • EPI 0009 Foundations and Applications of Evidence-Based Practices in Reading, 4 credits
  • EPI 0012 Assessment and Differentiated Instruction in Reading, 4 credits
  • EPI 0014 Demonstration of Accomplishment in Reading, 2 credits
  • EPI 0020 Professional Foundations, 2 credits
  • EPI 0030 Diversity in the Classroom, 2 credits
  • EPI 0945 Field Experience I, 3 credits
  • EPI 0940 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)
  • Exceptional Student Education (K-12)
  • Prekindergarten/Primary Education (Age 3 - grade 3)
  • Reading (grades K-12)
  • Reading (endorsement)