Admission Steps

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Spring 2010 Application Deadline is December 4th, 2009.   

To gain admissions to the FasTrack Secondary Initiative, you must:

• Hold an earned BA, BS, MA, MS, MBA, MFA, PhD or other Degree in a Minnesota Department of Education content licensure area.
• Complete the required materials by clicking the links below:
  • Bemdji State University FasTrack Application. Print, complete, and mail. FasTrack courses can be taken at both graduate and undergraduate level.
  • Teacher Mentor application. Print, complete with signatures and mail
  • Teacher Mentor Responsibility
  • Cooperating Principal Letter
  • Application Checklist

If English is not your native language, you must submit an official copy of your TOEFL scores.  This must be sent directly to Bemidji State from ETS. Minimum score of 500 (173 on Computer-Based Test, 61 on the Internet-Based Test) is required for undergraduates and 550 (213 on Computer Based Test, 80 on the Internet-Based Test) for graduate students. You may find a worldwide test availability list that indicates, by city, dates when seats are available for both the TOEFL® iBT and paper-based test by clicking HERE.  TOEFL test code for Bemidji State University: 6676.

Prior to enrolling in the first course for the FasTrack Initiative, you must:

• have scheduled or taken the PRAXIS I: Pre-Professional Skills Test or the Computer-Based Academic Skill Assessment;
• Receive information about the Content Portfolio for the Minnesota Department of Education

Students may start the FasTrack Initiative while their major coursework is being reviewed by the Minnesota Department of Education. It is possible that the Minnesota Department of Education may request additional coursework in a student's licensure field, including a teaching methods course in his or her content area.

The license application procedure is to be handled directly by the Minnesota Department of Education.

• Meet computer requirements have access to a video cassette recorder.
• Complete an "Orientation and Training" session for online learning which takes place the first weekend at Start-up. This session is mandatory for students and Mentors.