Endorsements

Adding an Endorsement to a Current Teaching Certificate

Grand Valley offers "undergraduate" endorsements and "graduate" level endorsements for those who already hold a valid Michigan teaching certificate.

Undergraduate endorsements:

The undergraduate endorsements include the same teachable majors and minors offered to undergraduate students completing their initial certification.

Secondary: Secondary Certificate holders can add any of the undergraduate secondary teachable majors and minors. See below for all available subject areas.
Specific course work requirements can be accessed through the link above, or from the web page for the specific academic department offering the major/minor, such as the English department for "Language Arts".

Graduate Endorsements:

Grand Valley also has many "graduate level" endorsements for elementary and secondary certificate holders. The graduate level endorsements are offered through the Graduate College of Education and Community Innovation and are normally completed within a Masters of Education program. However, one can normally complete the endorsement before completing the entire MED program.

View the graduate level endorsements that are available.

Program Plans for Teachable Majors and Minors Endorsements

Secondary Level Teachable Majors 
Biology
Chemistry
Earth/Space Science
English
French
German
Health and Physical Education
History
Integrated Science
Latin
Music (K-12)
Physics
Social Studies
Spanish
Visual Arts (K-12) 

Secondary Level Teachable Minors
Biology
Chemistry
Earth/Space Science
Economics
English
French
Geography
German
History
Mathematics
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Spanish



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