EPI Costs

The GCCC EPI consists of 9 courses taken over 3 mini-semesters lasting 8 weeks each, for a total of 24 weeks. You pay for courses as you go, and must successfully complete all courses in order to be EPI completer.

FEES

There are several fees associated with the EPI program. Your EPI Coordinator will let you know when these fees are due. Fees are subject to change.

• Fingerprint and Background Check

• Teacher Certification Application: $75.00 (required upon acceptance in program)

TUITION

• 2006-2007 Tuition for Florida residents is approximately $72.00 per credit hour.
  Non-Florida residents pay approximately three times the cost per credit hour for Florida residents. Contact the GCCC admissions office for more information.

TEXTBOOKS

All textbooks are available at GCCC Bookstore on the Panama City Campus. Contact the bookstore at 769-1551 ext. 3585 for prices. It is recommended that you DO NOT ORDER THESE IN ADVANCE UNTIL the TITLES are CONFIRMED and COMMUNICATED to YOU during EPI ORIENTATION or ADVISING.

EPI0001: Classroom Management: How to be an Effective Teacher, The First Days of School, Harry T. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong, Harry K. Wong Publications, ISBN 0962936065 and Parents on Your Side, 2nd Edition by Lee Canter and Marlene Canter, ISBN 1932127577.

EPI0002: Instructional Strategies: A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Assessment: Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning, Jossey-Bass, 2006, Susan Butler and Nancy D. McMunn, ISBN 0787978779.

EPI0020: The Teaching Profession: 7th Edition Becoming a Teacher by Forrest W. Parkway and Beverly Hardcastle Standford (AllynBaconMerrill), ISBN 0205502873, (MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE 7TH EDITION.)

*EPI0004: The Teaching and Learning Process: AND EPI 0030: Diversity AND EPI 0945 Diversity Field Experience: Psychology Applied to Teaching, 11/e, Jack Snowman & Robert Biehler, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0-618-821201. ©2006

*EPI0940:The Teaching Profession Field Experience: Student Teaching: A Process Approach to Reflective Practice, Second Edition Authors: M. Serra Goethals, Rose A. Howard, Marie M. Sanders Copyright 2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN: 0130987441.

*EPI 0003: Teaching and Technology: Teachers Discovering Computers:  Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom, 5th Edition.  Authors:  Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Randolph E. Gunter, & Glenda A Gunter.  Copyright 2008.  Publisher:  Thomson Learning, Inc.  ISBN-13: 978-1-4239-1180-7.  BE SURE YOU BUY THE 5th EDITION.

*EPI 0010: Foundations of Researched-Based Practices in Reading: 1 text plus 2 supporting booklets. The text: Are You Prepared to Teach Reading? A Practical Tool for Self-Assessment, Zarrillo, Copyright 2007 by Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, ISBN:0136130771. ***If you have not passed the Professional Education Exam, you will need to purchase this book from our bookstore. The publisher has included a disk that will help you prepare for the exam, but only if you buy it through our bookstore. Booklets are provided FREE OF CHARGE by class instructor—DO NOT PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD unless directed to do so at the first Saturday class.

First supporting booklet: Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, second edition, Adler (Ed.). Copyright is June 2003. Publisher is National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398, 1-800-228-8813, Fax 301-430-1244. edpubs@inet.ed.gov. Document can be downloaded at www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading. Second booklet: Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read, Langenberg (Chair). Publishing date: 4/13/2000. Publisher is National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398, 1-800-228-8813, Fax 301-430-1244. edpubs@inet.ed.gov. Document can be downloaded at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrppubskey.cfm

*Buy from the GCCC bookstore to obtain free materials bundled with text.