Note: Minority faculty are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.
| Unfilled faculty positions from the previous academic year? | Yes |
| Anticipate opening a search for a new faculty member in the upcoming academic year? | Yes |
01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 |
| # of Students Taking Praxis | 11 |
Percent Qualifying for the NCSP
(Score of 147) | 100% |
| Minimum Score | 155 |
| Maximum Score | 186 |
| Median Score | 172 |
| Mean Score | 168 |
* Refers to the % of individuals that have, at one point, passed the exam based on a score of 165 (prior to September 2014) or 147 (September 2014 and on), regardless of number of attempts.
** All data were produced using the ETS® Data Manager for The Praxis SeriesTM tests. Some data may be incomplete given that not all examinees identify their origin program.
*** Aggregated Praxis statistics (median score, minimum/maximum scores, percentage passing) are available only for programs that have had at least five students designating their program/institution as a score recipient within the reporting period.
Specialist
Formal Option for Respecialization?
No
Evaluation through standard Admissions?
No
Minimum Graduate Credit Hours for Respecialization
38
Description of Respecialization Process
School psychology faculty evaluates course equivalents of applicants with an eye toward accepting only those courses specific to school-age children. Faculty interviews applicants. Only those courses accepted count toward the total of 68 credits. Although not a respecialization itself, the program does accept credits from aligned professional graduate degrees toward the GCU MA/CAGS certificate program.
Culminating Documentation
See below.
Doctoral
Formal Option for Respecialization?
No
1. The 2010 NASP Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists defines a school setting as “…one in which the primary goal is the education of students of diverse backgrounds, characteristics, abilities, disabilities, and needs. Generally, a school setting includes students who are enrolled in Grades pre-K–12 and has both general education and special education services. The school setting has available an internal or external pupil services unit that includes at least one state-credentialed school psychologist and provides a full range of school psychology services.”
