Academic Accelerator - Adolescent/Young Adult Education - Integrated Language Arts Education

Program Description

The Academic Accelerator Program (AAP) is a two-semester program designed specifically for students who are ready to succeed in immersive English-speaking classrooms, but also includes the benefit of English-language and student support to help them thrive.

Upper-division undergraduates at Cleveland State University who wish to obtain an Adolescent/Young Adult license are expected to enroll in the college of their academic major and add the Education license to their record. Students follow the degree requirements of their college (the College of Sciences and Health Professions or the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences) and receive their baccalaureate degree from that college. Upon completion of all degree and licensure requirements, the education licensure is posted on student transcripts. The College of Education and Human Services may also recommend the granting of adolescent/young adult teaching license in a field other than the student’s major to a person who has met the college and state requirements for such a credential.

Teaching Credential: An Ohio four-year Resident Educator adolescent/young adult (ages 12 through 21 and grades 7-12) teaching license will be awarded upon successful completion of an appropriate degree program in the College of Sciences and Health Professions or the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the total professional education sequence or license in education. (Note: In some instances, course work beyond the degree requirements of the student’s college may be needed to obtain licensure.) Licensure requires successful completion of all program requirements and acceptable scores on application state licensure examinations as mandated by the Ohio Department of Education.