Teacher licensure at Case Western Reserve University is offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, which is the academic home to two departments that prepare students to become art teachers and music teachers.
Teacher licensure programs are offered in art education and music education at the undergraduate (Bachelor of Science) and graduate (Master of Arts) levels. For specific information about any of these programs, follow the links for Art Education and Music Education.
A unique feature of these programs is that each is offered in cooperation with a University Circle Institution - the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
In addition, several departments within the College of Arts and Sciences (English, History, French, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, Latin) participate in the Case Western Reserve University/John Carroll University Collaborative Program to prepare students for state licensure in those areas. Degrees in these programs are awarded by Case Western Reserve University and licensure is recommended through John Carroll University.
Completion of a Case Western Reserve University program in education does not ensure that an Ohio teaching license will be awarded. The Ohio Department of Education also requires that licensure candidates achieve passing scores on the PLT (Principles of Learning and Teaching) and Content Area subsets of the Praxis II Examination, a test used nationally as part of the teacher licensure process. In addition, applicants must pass criminal background checks by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and the FBI.
Teacher licensure programs at Case Western Reserve University are approved by the Ohio Department of Education, and lead to teaching licenses, which are recognized by over 40 states. In addition, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accredits the music education program.