{"id":834,"date":"2017-01-04T08:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education\/?p=834"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:32:11","slug":"st-petersburg-college-epi-educator-preparation-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/st-petersburg-college-epi-educator-preparation-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg College (EPI) Educator Preparation Institute"},"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>Thursday, February 2, 2017<\/li>\n<li>5:30 p.m. &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Please RSVP online here\" href=\"https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/22898\">Please RSVP online here<\/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 104, 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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