​School of Education Weekly Newsletter


Reminder - Education majors are required to read this weekly newsletter!

Week of February 17, 2025 – 5th Week of the Semester

  • ​Remember to keep yourself healthy.  Get plenty of rest, drink your water, and eat nutritious foods.  If you do get sick, make sure to check out UWSP Health Services.  Your student fees include many services they provide. Medications for acute illness or injury are provided at no additional cost to the student. These include most medications such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, creams, ointments, over-the-counter medications, etc. (with a few exceptions). 
  • Professional Education Program applications are due this week Friday by 4:30. If you have questions about applying talk to an adviser!​
​Summer and Fall Registration Information
The Summer schedule is in accesspoint in your “Search for Classes” tile for course information.  More information on summer registration can be found below. School of Education undergraduate summer courses offered this summer (see your planning sheets for pre-reqs).  Many more courses are being offered by other departments.  Summer registration begins on March 24. More information later in this newsletter. You DO NOT need adviser permission to take a summer course.

ECED 368 (also offered fall semesters)
EDUC 135 (this course is an “Arts” Gen Ed)
EDUC 308 (1-3 credits – elective)
EDUC 335 (this course is an “Arts” Gen Ed)
EDUC 351 (also offered fall and spring)
EDUC 385 (must have EDUC 381 completed to take this course – offered summers/winterims only)
PHED 250 (also offered fall and spring; NOT required for Phy Ed Majors)
PHED 302 (summer only; only for Phy Ed Majors)

Summer Registration

Schedule of Classes
  • Currently available in accesSPoint.
Shopping Carts and Registration Times set
  • Mid-February (Double check on AcceSPoint)
Summer Registration
  • March 24: Degree seeking students
  • April 3: Open enrollment 

Fall Registration

Fall Schedule of Classes Published
  • Friday, March 7 (end of the day) 
Shopping Carts and Registration Times set
  • Monday, March 4
Fall Registration Timeline
  • Students are assigned a registration time, based on credits earned. Registration times will be available in acceSPoint in March.
  • Below is an approximate timeline of registration appointments for Fall term. 
April 15: Degree-seeking and non-degree seeking graduate students
April 15-17: Senior undergraduates 
Aril 17-22: Junior undergraduates
April 23-25: Sophomore undergraduates
April 25-30: Freshmen undergraduates
May 1: Non-degree seeking undergraduates
May 2: Open enrollment 
April 19 & 26: Incoming transfer students 
May 20: Incoming FYS students begin registering. ACAC will provide additional info. 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Professional Education Program Application Deadline, 4:00pm Friday, February 21
Admission to the Program is required for several courses you must take.  Missing this deadline could extend your time in school.  
The deadline to apply to the Professional Education Program for the spring 2024 semester is 4:00pm Friday, February 21.  NOTE: a deadline is not the only day to turn in an application, it is the last day. Please do not wait until the deadline to apply as it takes time to process them all.  Only completed applications will be accepted. Directions on applying can be found in this Newsletter under Announcements and in your SOE Advising Guide as well as on our website.
 
Remember, some majors and minors require additional items to be submitted to the Department of the major and the application and required criminal background check must be received by our office.  For more information on additional requirements, see our website.
 
Not sure if you should apply?  Check out the requirements in your advising guide or our website​.  If you have a graduation plan, you should check that.  We can only accept applications from those who meet all requirements to apply.  Reach out to an adviser if you have other questions. 

What is a Degree Progress Report and Why Is It important for me to check it regularly?

You can find your degree progress report in accesspoint under DEGREE PROGRESS.  Once you open it, click VIEW AS .PDF.  You will be able to see all of your credits required, what general ed requirements you are meeting and those not yet satisfied, then you will see all of your course requirements and GPAs for the programs you have indicated.  It is important to be checking this after you register every semester and then again when your grades are posted every semester.

Dropping and Adding Courses

Withdrawing or adding a 16 week course February 1-April 5 requires special permission and withdrawals result in a "W" on your transcript, which does not affect your GPA.  There is a Late Drop and Late Add form in your accesspoint FORMS tile and you must use this in order to accomplish this.  The last day to withdraw from a course is Friday, April 4.

​Meeting with a School of Education Adviser

If you would like to meet with an education adviser, please either call our office, 715-346-2040, or stop by, 469 College of Professional Studies to set this up.  We do not set up appointments via email or in Navigate.

Maggie Beeber – all teaching majors and teacher licensing questions
Breanna Cychosz – ECE, Elementary and Special Education
Karla Landwer – Physical Education and Secondary/K-12 majors
  • ​Maggie will only be offering Open Advising during the busy weeks of registration.
  • All students who have not attended a teaching intent meeting, which is mandatory, have received an email from Breanna Cychosz asking you to sign up for this meeting.  Please sign up right away if you receive this email.
Please have the following available to you for any meetings:
  • ​Printed Major/minor planning sheets you have already received
  • Printed Graduation Plan (if you have one) if meeting with an advisor in-person
  • Printed Up-to-date Degree Progress Report from accesSPoint (choose Degree Progress, then “Open as .PDF,” then print). 

Tutoring Available through the Tutoring Learning Center (TLC)

The TCL offers a variety of tutoring opportunities, which you can find on their website.
  • Workshop Schedule
  • Academic Coaching
  • STEM Tutoring
  • Reading in the Disciplines 
  • Study skills
  • Technology Essentials
  • World Languages
  • Writing Center (they can help you clean up a draft of any paper you are writing)
  • Additional Services​

​Other Resources you should link as favorites in your browser:

Get Involved

We highly recommend that all teaching intent students are involved in at least one student organization involved in teacher education each year.  You will be invited to their meetings through this newsletter and some through your email as well.  This is a great way to stand out among your peers when you are applying for jobs.  Many students are involved every year they are in school and that is your competition!  Most meet one hour per month.  Take a look at UWSP Campus and Student Engagement Office where you can find student organizations to join and job and volunteer opportunities, as well as SPIN​.  ​
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  • Click above for ​Appointment directions

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  • ACTFL OPIc and WPT Preparation

  • Praxis Subject Assessment Flashcards

  • Praxis Subject Assessment Study Guides 

  • Foundations of Reading Test for WI Preparation

  • Writing Workshop​

Announcements

  • Looking for a Teaching Job? (NEW)

  • Northern Ireland with the Young Ambassador Program​

  • The Connection Co. Educate + Advocate Scholarship Fund

  • ​UW-Stevens Point's Scholarship Portal​

  • CAST Certificate

  • The Council for Exceptional Children-Membership​​

  • FoRT Tutoring

  • FoRT Scholarship

  • Interested in Teaching Abroad Next Year?

  • Early Childhood Educators (Newsletter​​​)

  • Financial Aid

  • Exceptions Application Deadline - February 7
     
  • Professional Education Application Deadlines - February 21​
  • Puzzles of UWSP

  • Summer/winter education courses