{"id":402,"date":"2016-01-13T15:16:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education\/?p=402"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:30:43","slug":"education-preparation-institute-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/education-preparation-institute-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your Florida teacher certification in three semesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a bachelor\u2019s degree or higher and want to become a teacher?<\/p>\n<p>SPC&#8217;s state-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/epi\/?utm_term=Social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educator Preparation Institute (EPI)<\/a> is a sequential, three-semester program leading to Florida Professional Certification for people who have a bachelor&#8217;s degree in a non-education major.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, attend our information session on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016<\/li>\n<li>5:30 &#8211; 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"RSVP for EPI Info Session\" href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/19404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/04\/Reserve_Your_Spot-150x47.png\" alt=\"Reserve_Your_Spot\" width=\"150\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EPI Info Session will be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2465+Drew+St,+Clearwater,+FL+33765\/@27.965875,-82.7381057,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x88c2f02a9573f30d:0xba88fb739dc232cc?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearwater Campus<\/a>\u00a0in the Ethics and Social Science Bldg. (ES), Room 318, located at 2465 Drew St., Clearwater.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 727-791-2521.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education Preparation Institute\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Institute is primarily for students with a non-education bachelor&#8217;s degree or higher who want to become Florida certified teachers.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u00a0and then complete online modules over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s final semester, a full-day, eight-week internship is required. 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