The Gifted and Talented Education license program at IU Southeast offers interested candidates a program of coursework leading to an Indiana K-12 GT certification. The program requires 15 credit hours of coursework on the IU Southeast campus.

For a gifted education license, candidates must complete 15 credit hours of the following course work:

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You can choose to add your gifted and talented license to your M.S.Ed. degree, and/or you can add/take those courses while you are pursuing your M.S.Ed. degree.

• All standards must be met at the proficiency level to be recommended for the license.
• Additional testing is required for Kentucky licensing and may soon be a requirement in Indiana.

The Gifted and Talented Education License Program features a rolling application process.

1. Attend a program advising session held each semester.
2. Complete the online application. A $40 application fee is assessed when applying to program. If a previous application fee was paid the fee should be waived. To determine if fee is to be waived, please contact our Records Specialist, Mary Ann Wild at mwild@ius.edu or (812) 941-2388.
3. 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.
4. On the Uploads Tab, upload a personal statement that identifies your academic goals, career objectives and why you are applying to this program.
5. Also on the Uploads Tab, upload a copy of current teaching license or statement of eligibility. (Emergency license not acceptable.)
6. Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A required overall 3.0 GPA must be reflected on all transcripts for undergraduate and graduate coursework.
7. Submit a personal statement addressing the SOE dispositions.

Please send all completed materials to:

IU Southeast School of Education
Mary Ann Wild, Records Specialist
Hillside Hall 108A
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, IN 47150

Graduate Admission Application Deadlines

• Summer Session 1: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.
• Summer Session 2: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.
• Fall: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.
• Spring: Rolling application. Review up until ten days before the term begins.

For individual advising for the Gifted and Talented license, please contact Dr. Faye Camahalan or Nicole Owens Wilson.

Lisa Hoffman Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor

Hillside Hall 20B
Phone: (812) 941-2137
lhh@ius.edu

Nicole Owens Wilson

Undergraduate and Graduate Licensing Advisor
School Placement Advisor

Hillside Hall 108D
Phone: (812) 941-2593
wilsonno@ius.edu