For those with bachelor's degree not seeking an advanced degree.
If you already have a degree, do not want another degree, but do want a teaching license in grades pre-K-4 in Arkansas, the following steps should be taken in order to begin the required curriculum:
Download and complete the "Request for Licensure Only Transcript Evaluation for Elementary Education" course grid. (click for Licensure Grid) Enter the class information of the course you took to fulfill each requirement. If you took a course you feel is equivalent to one listed but that differs significantly in title, please also send the course description. Suitable descriptions are usually in a syllabus, program catalog or other documents from the college or university. Also, use the University of Arkansas transfer equivalency Web site.
Obtain current transcripts, official or unofficial, from each institution attended. Ensure all entries are legible and your degree, minor, grades, hours and cumulative GPA are shown. If you did not take the courses from UAF, include an explanation page showing the institution's scheme for course numbering, grading, etc. (usually on the back of the transcript).
Mail the completed forms along with all of your academic transcripts as well as a letter stating your intent to receive licensure, but not an additional degree, to Cathy Weaver, Stonehouse-South G20, 346 N. Arkansas Ave., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
You are required to have a cumulative 2.7 GPA on your Bachelor’s Degree or a 2.7 on coursework that you have taken that fulfills, as an equivalent, the pre-requisite requirements. These generally correspond to coursework at the freshman and sophomore levels.
After your grid has been evaluated, your grid will be returned to you with the courses you need to take for licensure highlighted.
After receiving your evaluation, contact the elementary education advisor for information on completing program prerequisite requirements and making application to the program. Admission to the program is competitive. You must submit passing Praxis I scores to the program advisor by January 30 of the year you plan to enter the program. All lower level, prerequisite courses must be completed by the end of summer prior to fall entrance with a 2.7 GPA. After January 30, you will be invited to participate in an interview with faculty and will be required to complete a writing sample for analysis as part of that screening. Selected candidates will be eligible to register for the junior level UA courses.
The Licensure only program is offered at the UA Global Campus in Rogers and the UA Fayetteville campus. Requirements include approximately 9 months of student teaching experience in local elementary schools. Senior-level students must therefore attend full-time. Praxis II: Early Childhood Content Knowledge must be passed prior to the senior year. Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching: Early Childhood is taken during the senior year.