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Formal admission to both PSU and the Library Media Program is required for participation in the initial K-12 licensure program.
To be considered for admission, candidates must:
- Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with a strong academic record
- Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Submit passing scores on a basic educational skills test
Value is placed on interpersonal skills, experience in working with children, academic achievement, coursework preparation, potential to meet the needs of pupils, social development, and motivation
Admission process
Admission to the program requires admission to: 1) the PSU Graduate School of Education and to 2) the Library Media Program. Deadline for summer is May 1 and for fall is June 1.
- PSU Graduate Admission Form
(PDF)
- Please
check the box for "Initial" under Licensure if you are
interested in the initial licensure program and place the code EDMD
in the boxes under ENDORSEMENT.
- Please
check the box for "Initial" under Licensure if you are
interested in the initial licensure program and place the code EDMD
in the boxes under ENDORSEMENT.
- If you are interested in pursuing a master's degree at the same time or adding coursework to your initial license for your master's degree, check M ED under Degrees and put the code EDCI in the second set of boxes for a master's in Curriculum and Instruction, put EDML for a master's degree in library media.
- Please request to be admitted to PSU for the term that you will be taking a PSU class. Students must take a class during their term of admission for their admission to become “official.” If you do not take a class during your term of admission, you must complete a form from PSU Admissions to update your term of admission.
- One set of official transcripts from all institutions attended except Portland State in sealed original envelopes from the institutions.
- One set of unofficial transcripts from all institutions (does not have to be in sealed envelope.)
- A $50
check made payable to Portland State University. (If you are admitted
to another Portland State graduate program, you must complete the Request for Change
of Major Master's Level GO-19M,
and the $50 fee is waived.)
- Library Media Application Form (PDF)
- A 500-word Personal Statement (instructions)
- Three
letters of reference
- An up-to-date
résumé
- If you
would like to waive a prerequisite, please download libwaiver.pdf.
- For
all licensure levels,
submit photocopies of passing test scores on either the California Basic
Educational Skills Test (CBEST) or Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST).
Submit to:
Continuing Education/Graduate School of Education
Portland State University, SOE 204
Attention: Valerie Katagiri
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751Or hand deliver to 204 Graduate School of Education.
If you are applying to both the initial license and the master's degree simultaneously, please submit your packet with both the license and the master's degree checked off. You only need to submit one application fee.
All of the admissions materials are available through this website. However, if you need an admission packet sent to you, contact:
Continuing Education in the Graduate School of Education
Portland
State University, SOE 204
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
503-725-8279
or 1-800-547-8887 ext 8279
Applicants
Applicants
are notified of their admission status by letter (typically, the letters go
out 6-8 weeks after the deadline). Applicants must begin
the program in the term for which they are accepted.
Seven year limit
The Initial License program must be completed within seven years. This seven-year period begins with the earliest course being counted towards the Initial License and ends with the quarter in which the student applies for graduation, i.e. if a student completes all courses in seven years but does not apply for graduation by the end of the seven year period, additional courses may need to be taken. Students completing the program must also take a class during their term of graduation.
Transfer credits
Students can only transfer 15 credits into the Initial License in Library Media. Portland State University coursework taken prior to admission to the Initial License program is considered as transfer credits into that degree.
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