WASHOE COUNTY

To enroll in the iteachNEVADA program, you must provide documentation of the following:

A BACHELOR’S DEGREE

Your degree must be from an accredited institution of higher education as required by the Commission of Professional Standards and the Nevada Administration Code.

You may search for accredited institutions at the United States on the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) website. Here is a list of accrediting agencies the state accepts.

MINIMUM 2.50 GRADE POINT AVERAGE

This will be determined in one of the following ways:

• Minimum 2.50 GPA (your undergraduate GPA as posted on conferred degree transcript), or
• Minimum 2.50 GPA in last 60 hours. Click here for a calculator (requires Microsoft Excel)

Your graduating GPA must be calculated and posted by the university on your official transcripts. If your final transcript does not reflect a graduation GPA, you will need to contact your college Registrar’s office to have a letter typed on University letterhead that includes your GPA sent in with your official transcripts.

PASS PRAXIS Core EXAM

According to Nevada Administrative Code, applicants are required to have passed the Praxis Core exam (#5751) in order to be eligible for the program. You can be exempt from taking this exam if you meet on of the following conditions:

• Passed Praxis Core Academic Skills (or Praxis I – PPST or CBEST)
• Earned Graduate Degree (whereas a GRE exam was required)
• Undergraduate Degree with 3.0 GPA and GRE scores of:
  • 420 Verbal
  • 460 Quantitative
  • 430 Analytical (or 3.5 on writing)

You can view detailed exemption language in Subsection 3 of NAC 391.036

Applicants must also:

• Have a personal e-mail account and access to a personal (not school) computer.
• Add iteach.net to your contacts list.
• Demonstrate professionalism during all written correspondence and oral communication with iteachNEVADA.