1. FALL 2019 Student Teaching ROUND UP
Office of Clinical Experiences

4. Student teaching away from campus
Common Market (through another MNState institution) limited options
Aldine, TX-8 or 16 weeks
International Opportunities: China for El Ed with Dr. Lo, UNI and South Africa for 8 weeks
next meeting Thursday, October 25 at am in EB B107

5. Student Teaching Application
You will need to complete (You may want to take pictures or notes and use checklist:
Eligibility sheet for YOUR major (hard copy-today)
Paper “Back-up” application (hard copy-today)
Online app at Click on: “Field Experience and Student Teaching Application” Complete Online Application on a computer (not a phone)
Due Date: Friday, November 9 to OCE by 4:30 pm

6. Student Teaching Application
Apply for the CORRECT COURSE for your major
List all schools you attended
List schools where you are known
Edit your school information if needed
Do NOT list prior field placements

7. Eligibility Sheet Download Eligibility sheet for YOUR major
SPED: Most is completed in the SPED Dept.
Dbl Majors: fill out appropriate forms; get signatures from both major advisors
Make sure that transfer credits are in!!!!
Get this signed prior to due date (see who needs to sign: advisor, dept rep, content advisor, TDEV education advisor, etc.)

8. Eligibility Apply to major Attempt NES EAS GPA requirements
2.75
APPLY to Student Teach ON TIME, EVEN IF YOU MAY HAVE ELIGIBILITY ISSUES!
GPA, not admitted to teacher education yet, courses yet to take, etc.

9. CFS & Secondary…
Set an advising meeting NOW to meet and get signature(s) on your eligibility form!
your advisor for appointment
Make sure that your advisor reads your eligibility sheet carefully before signing
DO NOT wait!

10. Eligibility Deadlines…
El Ed:
Oct 15th/Feb 15th semester prior to ST: Completion of all Incompletes and Appeals, and removal of all grades below C in required major courses (In Elem Handbook)
Secondary Ed:
Oct 15th/Feb 15th semester prior to ST: Completion of all Incompletes and Appeals, and removal of all grades below C- in required major courses (In Handbook)
CFS: OCE Deadlines
SPED: Apply to SPED + meet OCE Deadlines

11. Other Requirements SPED Teacher Candidates:
You must ALSO APPLY in the SPED Department!
SPED Deadlines are:
March 1 for Fall
Oct. 1 for Spring

12. NES Testing Requirements
It is in your best interest to take all of the NES Essential Academic Skills tests before student teaching.

13. Student Information in App
Information must be as current as possible!
Husky Net only
Student ID#
Include schools you attended & graduated from (cannot place you there)
OCE will not place you where you are known, have family/friends working, where your children attend, or are coaching
Licensure area(s): include ALL
El Ed: 1 placement for Block 3 & 4 EXCEPT for K

14. Tips for application preferences
Where will you be living? Update online as needed! (Edit -> January 5, 2019)
OCE places within one hour maximum drive time of where you live
Including more information helps us make the best placement for you
Accommodations needed? State this on application; Meet with OCE staff

15. Resume’
Include all SCSU field experiences and details, relevant working with children, in school settings, and any trainings, etc.
Add contact information
Check formatting, punctuation, spelling and grammar
Proof your work!
Ask a friend to proof your work!
No color; No photos

16. Make it aesthetically attractive and easy to read
Well spaced and organized
Ask a second friend to proof it!
Check it again

17. Essay Revise ED 200/300/SPED/CFS 200 Essay or begin again…
Proof this document for conventions of English and tone
Read your essay aloud…get a friend to read it…be professional!
El Ed: if strong preference for K-3 or 4-6, state in app under requests, not in essay
CFS: OCE will generally request across K-3

18. Resume and Essay
Put into one document with Resume first, then Essay
Less than 125k in RTF
These documents are the ticket to getting a great student teaching placement

19. Feedback from administrators who declined to take TC
At this time we would not be able to place Xxxxx Xxxxx. Her resume and paperwork do not meet our expectations for student teachers.

20. Feedback from administrators who declined to take TC
Thanks for the and the voic . You know I take the placement of student teachers into our classrooms and in front of our kids very seriously. She may very well be a good candidate, but I have to make a decision based on very little information. In the essay she submitted with her resume, she wrote extensively about how she's always known she would do 1 of 3 things with her life. She goes on to give reasons why the others won't work, so she then decided to pick teaching. While this may be true for some in education, it doesn't present as someone who is passionate about entering the education field or what we expect of those coming into our classrooms.

21. Other Requirements CPR & First Aid: Required for CFS and HPE only
Liability Insurance: Education MN Apply Online! “Who We Are”, “Student Program” (need credit card)

22. Other Requirements
Criminal Background Check (CBC) required for most districts: OCE will include this information with your placement contract
Complete CBC ASAP!! Do Not Wait!!

23. Other Requirements
Orientation Attendance Mandatory: Friday August 23, 2019
ST begins August 26, 2019
You will receive reminder
Jobs: Work can NOT interfere with your student teaching hours and demands!

24. Student Athletes
You MUST meet with OCE staff to discuss practice and event/game schedules, PRIOR to OCE making a placement for you.
Meet with OCE one semester ahead so we can plan for you!

25. Do Not Attempt to Secure Your Own Placement!!!!!

26. Placement Considerations
Goal: placement within one hour of where you live
Goal: Diverse placement opportunities within all field and student teaching
OCE will place you in a location where you are not known…
PELSB: Exp. must be across scope of license
You will not be placed in schools where you have family/friends working, your children attend or you are coaching

27. Process to Secure Placements
Applications received in OCE database
You update as needed, until Jan.5, address where living, credentials, special requests
OCE reviews essays and resumes and sends them back for editing (don’t make us do that!)
OCE sends requests out to schools
CHECK YOUR HUSKYNET…we may have Q’s
OCE secures placement
Hold placement meetings with you just before finals week: watch for posted signs!
You will sign a contract

28. Special Programs/Options
Common Market, Out of State, International opportunities
Aldine, Texas opportunities (Houston)
Partnerships: South Africa and China
NEXT MEETING Thursday, Oct. 25, am in B107 of Education Building

29. Application Process Like OCE Facebook page Print eligibility sheet
Complete eligibility sheet
Set meeting with advisor(s) and secure signatures for eligibility
Prepare your resume and essay
Complete app by November 9
Continue to edit until January 5

30. www.stcloudstate.edu/oce “Student Teaching”
See Kathryn Young if you need additional information
“Student Teaching”