Arranging & Documenting your Field Experience College of Education Office of Clinical Practice

Overview… Background Check and EMSP Insurance requirements Planning and Scheduling Courses w/Field Experience Documenting your hours Reviewing your Field Experience Report

Requirements for your Field Experience Background Checks 3 different background checks are required Each level of background check is associated with a pre-determined course. * When you enroll in that course, you are flagged in our system to be notified to complete the next level of background check. * IMPORTANT: The notification will come to your WSU account as an email “evite” from our background check vendor Castle Branch. * Unless you receive a notification, your current background check is valid. Freshman – Initial check – Before you enter any classroom -$19.75 Admitted – Comprehensive check – When you are admitted into the College of Education -$45.75 Student Teaching – Refresher check – Before you go out to do your Student Teaching - $26.00 Click Here for Information

Requirements for your Field Experience Background Checks What are we watching for ? Violence/Neglect against Children Felonies/Registered Sex Offender Patterns of Drug or Alcohol Abuse

Requirements for your Field Experience Background Checks What other offences come up on the report ? DUI or DWI Possession of a Controlled Substance ___________ Minor Consumption Social Host Ticket Public Urination

Requirements for your Field Experience EMSP Insurance EMSP Insurance Students need to renew their EMSP insurance each school-year. The subscription starts Sept. 1 thru Aug. 31 http://www.winona.edu/teachered/Media/Instructions-EMSP.pdf Click Here for Information

Planning your Field Experience Courses

Planning your Field Experience Courses List of Courses that have a Field Experience component Available on the Field Experience Website http://www.winona.edu/teachered/fieldexperience.asp Click Here for list

Courses with Field Experience Hours

Scheduling your Field Experience Courses

Scheduling your Field Experience Courses In an ideal world –plan to schedule yourself between 20-40 hours of Field Experience per semester.

Scheduling your Field Experience Courses Allow yourself 3-4 hour blocks of time through the week.

Scheduling your Field Experience Courses Consider additional Field Experiences required by your major. Work with your Advisor to plan a practical path for your remaining coursework.

Submit your Schedule Using the Field Experience placement handout from your instructor… Log onto the Field Experience Website http://www.winona.edu/teachered/fieldexperience.asp Arranging Your Field Experience Field Experience Request page https://mywsu.winona.edu/forms/its/COED/SiteAssets/Fiel dExperienceLandingPage.aspx Click Here for link

Retrieving your placement information Your Placement information will come to you in an email from either Sherry Emerson semerson@winona.edu Jane Morken jmorken@winona.edu Please contact your Cooperating Teacher as soon as you receive the email. Email will be sent to your WSU account

Documenting your Field Experience Courses

You will get a link(s) emailed to you 3 weeks before the end of the semester You will get a link(s) emailed to you 1 link for every course w/Field Experience

Complete the link as soon as you get it! IMPORTANT NOTE: Complete the link as soon as you get it!

Documenting your Field Experiences Available on the Field Experience Website http://www.winona.edu/teachered/fieldexperience.asp MN Board of Teaching Requirements before Student Teaching All majors - minimum of 100+ Hours of field experience Elem majors – K-2 and 3-6 classroom experience K-12 majors – Elementary, Middle School, High School experience 5-12 majors – Middle School , High School experience Click Here for report

Documenting your Field Experiences

The information you add to the links will create your Field Experience report.

Add your own notes to this report

Review… Steps for your Field Experience Background Checks and EMSP Insurance Requirements Submit your schedule Retrieve your Placement Information Document your Placement details Review your Field Experience Report