TMI Application Information

Application Summary:

The application must include a handwritten signature.

• The application deadline for the Fall 2016 session is Wednesday, August 17, 2016.  Candidates must submit to a background check no later than Wednesday, August 17, 2016.  Completion of this application does not guarantee acceptance to the Teach Mississippi Institute.
• The non-refundable $40 application fee should be made payable to The University of Mississippi/TMI.
• Applicants must submit a background check (either the memo from school/district discussed in the background check section above or a background check through certifiedbackground.com). Applicants will NOT receive notification of acceptance into the program until TMI Online calculates GPA -AND- receives an acceptable background check. The fee for using certifiedbackground.com is $40 paid directly to the vendor (this $40 fee is in addition to the application fee).  
• All transcripts must be submitted via e-script (if your institution offers it) to tmi@olemiss.edu –OR- a sealed envelope bearing the seal or signature of the registrar.  If sent by mail, you can either:
• Ask the institution to mail your transcripts directly to TMI Online, -OR-
• Ask the institution to mail your transcripts to you (may be stamped “student issued”) then you may mail them to TMI.  If you select this method, do not open the sealed envelope as the transcript will no longer be deemed official, thus we cannot accept it.
• Test scores must be submitted as originals. Select the Teach Mississippi Institute Recipient Code (1806) when you register for your Praxis exams (add 7599 also if taking Praxis outside of Mississippi) –OR- e-mail the locked PDF of your official Praxis scores to tmi@olemiss.edu.  If you have not taken both Praxis Exams, make sure you put these institutional codes in when you register for your next exam; scores from the first exam will be included with the second.  No printed copies will be accepted.  ACT scores can be sent to UM (ACT Code 2250, but you have to let us know when they arrive at UM) as well as the MDE (ACT Code 9072) in place of a Praxis Core score.
• All candidates in the TMI program must attend the MANDATORY orientation on Saturday, August 27, 2016 in Oxford at the Oxford Conference Center (102 Ed Perry Blvd, Oxford, MS 38655; this is not the UM Campus).  There will be NO EXCEPTIONS granted.
• Please make all checks or money orders payable to “University of Mississippi” and mail the completed application to:  
  

  Outreach and Continuing Education
  Teach Mississippi Institute
  P.O. Box 1848
  University, MS 38677

Application Checklist

Signed Application – Due by Wednesday, August 17, 2016
$40 Application Fee – Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Background Check – Wednesday, August 17, 2016
College Transcript*
Praxis Core Test Scores*
Praxis Subject Assessment Test Score*

* Candidates may be conditionally accepted into the program and begin coursework prior to passing the Praxis Core, Praxis Subject Assessment, and/or final undergraduate course. However, candidates will not be allowed to complete TMI 1 without providing these supplemental materials prior to the posted deadlines.