IU Southeast School of Education offers a program of coursework leading to an Indiana K-12 Gifted and Talented Education teaching license.

Applying to the Gifted and Talented Program

1. Complete the online Application:  https://onestart.iu.edu/sisad-prd/p/Guest.do?methodToCall=start&inst=IUSEA&career=GRAD 
2. Two letters of recommendation are required from educators who know your capacity to engage in graduate coursework and to work with high ability learners.  Use the Recommendation Tab on the online application to request electronically. If desired, letters may be mailed directly to Records Specialist.  
3. Submission of application requires $35 application fee. Persons who have previously paid an application fee for an IU Southeast graduate program need not pay another application fee.  Should one wish to investigate whether this applies to her/him, please contact our Records Specialist, Mary Ann Wild at mwild@ius.edu or 812/941.2388.
4. Submit a copy of your current teaching license.  A scanned copy of license will be accepted if applicant prefers to email it directly to the Records Specialist. If current copy of license is on file with the School of Education, you do not need to re-submit another copy.
5. Submit official transcripts from all colleges attended (unless from an IU school) to the address provided below.  A 3.0 overall GPA is required for all undergraduate and graduate coursework. If transcripts are currently on file in the School of Education, you do not need to re-submit them.

Materials to be mailed should be sent to:
IU Southeast
School of Education, HH 0024
4201 Grant Line Rd
New Albany, IN  47150

For candidates admitted after 7/15/2011 who do not earn credit for course work at IU Southeast during any one-year period will be required to meet new requirements in effect when they resume their course work at IU Southeast. Candidates with a two-year gap in coursework must meet with an advisor and reapply for admission.

Required Coursework (required courses will be rotated over a 2-year period)

• W551 (3 credit hours) Education and Psychology of Gifted and Talented
• W552 (3) Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented
• W553 (3) Methods and Materials for Gifted and Talented
• W595 (3) Practicum in Gifted and Talented Education*
• One additional 3-hour IU approved "content course" of the student's choice (for example L625 Shakespeare, G420 Regional Geology Field Trip, S313 Religion and Society, or L304 Marine Biology).  This content course should be taken within six years of applying for the G&T license and may not be coursework used for the Bachelor's degree.  Education coursework is not acceptable for meeting the content course requirement for this license.

* The clinical and field-based experiences (W595 Practicum) includes professional supervision and feedback, taken through IUS, and designed to assess G&T standards related to candidate effectiveness for teaching in gifted educational settings. W551, W552 and W553 are required to be completed prior to the practicum.

For more information, contact: Dr. Carolyn Babione, Gifted Education Coordinator, IU Southeast School of Education, HH 0028, 812/941.2594, cbabione@ius.edu.