Do you have a bachelor’s degree or higher and want to become a teacher?
SPC’s state-approved Educator Preparation Institute (EPI) is a sequential, three-semester program leading to Florida Professional Certification for people who have a bachelor’s degree in a non-education major.
To learn more, attend our information session on:
- Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016
- 5:30 – 7 p.m.
The EPI Info Session will be at the Clearwater Campus in the Ethics and Social Science Bldg. (ES), Room 318, located at 2465 Drew St., Clearwater.
For more information, call 727-791-2521.
Education Preparation Institute
The Institute is primarily for students with a non-education bachelor’s degree or higher who want to become Florida certified teachers.
All EPI classes require evening and online coursework; it is not an online-only program. Teacher candidates meet once or twice a week in the evenings and then complete online modules over the next few weeks.
Practical teaching is also an integral part of the EPI. Teacher candidates will complete a 60-hour practicum during the second term of the EPI. During a teacher candidate’s final semester, a full-day, eight-week internship is required. SPC works with Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties to secure practicum and internship assignments for all College of Education students.