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1. Transcripts

Official transcripts for all graduate and undergraduate work taken outside the Indiana University system. Transcript(s)should be mailed to:

School of Education
Graduate Admissions
902 West New York St
Indianapolis, IN 46202

2. Reference Letters

Letters of recommendation from two community leaders or others who know the applicant’s commitment to education and community involvement. Reference letters may be submitted online through the application system, or can be mailed to the Graduate Certificate Program Coordinator at the address in 1, above. If those writing reference letters prefer to submit them through the online application system, e-mail addresses will need to be included in the online application.

3. Online Application

Complete the online application by going to https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=iu-ina

Note:
a. Test scores are not needed for the online application; do not include.
b. For the drop box options in the application, select as follows…

Type of Admission: Certificate Program
Academic Program: Education Graduate Nondegree
Major: Teacher Certification

Important note: The drop box options are currently undergoing revision, so not all options are a true reflection of the certificate program direction. Select “Teacher Certification” for the ‘Major until the site construction is completed. At that time, drop box directions for the ‘major’ will be revised.

4. Declared interest in a community project

The community project should be described in the personal statement section of the online application.

1. Follow the online application directions for items to include in the first part of the personal statement.
2. Create a second section for the personal statement and label it: Declared interest in a community-based project. The applicant’s proposed project description will form the basis for her/his Independent Study, T590. It also will guide assignment of the faculty advisor who will be serving as the student’s mentor for T590.
3. Items to include in the proposed community project description (second part of personal statement):
   1. type of project
   2. purpose
   3. goals and objectives
   4. expected outcomes
   5. participating community agencies (if any)
   6. a general statement about how the project will benefit the applicant’s professional development.

Note: 3 a-f is a projected plan only and provides the review team with details about the applicant’s interests, hopes and goals. T590 is designed to build on those descriptions.

Community-based Project Samples

The following is a list of examples demonstrating the scope and range of possibilities in a community-based project. The list should be considered as just that, an example of the many possibilities, and should not be interpreted as an expected direction for a project.

1. Development of a partnership between a school and a community-based organization aimed at securing financial and material resources for a school-community initiative.
2. Implementation of a feasibility study designed to assess the need for bilingual pre-school services at a neighborhood school serving immigrants.
3. Development of a parent education program aimed at increasing participation of recent
   immigrants in school-community programs.
4. Evaluation of the impact of a school-based health clinic on academic performance of
   children.
5. An action research project aimed at understanding school-community dynamics in a
   local neighborhood.
6. A focused ethnography of social work practice at the middle school level.
7. Implementation of a service-learning program through the mobilization of local resources
   and neighborhood groups.
   

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