How to Apply to the Everett MiT Program: Step by step instructions

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Eligibility Requirements

Endorsement

An endorsement designates the subject area for teaching in middle and/or high school classrooms, and is typically the academic major for your baccalaureate degree. The Everett MIT program accepts applicants with Drama, English, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, and World Languages endorsements. Please speak with us about other majors.

To complete an Endorsement Evaluation you will:

  1. Go to the Endorsement page and select the Endorsement you are wanting to be certified in
  2. Look at requirements of the Endorsement you chose and gather all relevant documentation. If you did not attend WWU for your undergraduate studies you may need to send course descriptions and syllabi along with your unofficial transcripts.
  3. Send the documentation, via email to Barbara Waxman, our Academic Program Director with a request for a transcript evaluation.

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally-accredited college or university.
  • Have an overall 3.0 grade point average or higher.
  • Completion of an English Composition course with a grade of B or higher.

Application Requirements

Basic Skills Requirement

Applicants in the state of Washington are required to take a basic skills assessment for admission. We accept scores from WEST-B, SAT, and ACT. For more information, visit the admissions website.

WEST-E/ NES Requirement

Take the Content Test (WEST-E or NES), for your endorsement(s) and submit scores with your application.

For those seeking a world language endorsement, the ACTFL written and verbal exam scores are also required.

Additional Application Requirements

Graduate School online application

Note: The application fee is $100

  • Unofficial transcript(s) are acceptable for the application, but official transcripts are required if admitted.
  • Applications require a resumé.
  • You will be asked to submit 3 letters of recommendation.

Application Process

  1. Request electronic score reports from your WEST-B, SAT, or ACT to be sent to the WWU Admissions Office (School Code 248).
  2. Update your resumé and include your education and professional history

  3. Essays: include your name and the title of your essay. Essays should be 1-2 pages, double-spaced.

     Essay One: Tell us about specific experiences that have shaped your assumptions about teaching and learning. How might these assumptions present challenges and opportunities for your future growth as a teacher.

     Essay Two: Describe how specific experiences working with youth in diverse socio-economic, cultural and/or linguistic settings have shaped your understanding of multicultural education and social justice issues. How do these experiences, along with your academic coursework (theory), help you reflect on your own biases? How do they help you envision culturally relevant/sustain learning environments as a future teacher (Ladson-Billings, 1995, Paris, 2012)

  4. List contact information from three individuals who can attest to your academic strength in your major, your experiences with youth and/or diverse populations, and your character. Letters should not be from family members or friends, but they can come from employers or supervisors. The online application includes a reference request process that will send emails to recommenders you specify & provide them with the necessary form to make their recommendations.
  5. Submit the $100 application fee.
  6. Apply for financial aid. Find details on gradschool.wwu.edu under the Funding & Support tab. Note: Summer financial aid will require an addendum to the previous academic year.
  7. Group interviews by SEC Faculty (details provided after application deadline).

Priority Deadline: February 1. New cohort begins every summer.