1. 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 for Block 4, UNI and South Africa for 8 weeks
next meeting Thursday, March 21 at 8:30-9:30 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)
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, March 15 to OCE by 4:30 pm

6. On-line Student Teaching Application
Apply for the CORRECT COURSE
List all schools where 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
Dbl Majors: fill out appropriate forms; get signatures from both major advisors
If required, 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 Required courses completed GPA requirements
2.75
APPLY to Student Teach ON TIME, EVEN IF YOU MAY HAVE ELIGIBILITY ISSUES!
GPA, courses to complete, etc.

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

10. Eligibility Deadlines…
El Ed:
Sept. 15th/Feb 15th semester prior to ST: Completion of all Incompletes and Appeals, and removal of all grades below accepted grade in required major courses
Secondary Ed:
SPED: Apply to SPED + meet OCE Deadlines
CFS:

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. MTLE Testing Requirements
It is in your best interest to pass all of the NES Essential Academic Skills tests before student teaching.
You must pass the content and pedagogy tests before you apply for your license at the end of student teaching.

13. Teacher Candidate Tips for On-line Application
Information must be as current as possible!
Husky Net only
Student ID#
Include schools you attended & graduated from (cannot place 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

14. Teacher Candidate Tips for On-line Application, con’t.
Where will you be living? Update online as needed! (Edit -> Sept. 1)
OCE places within one hour maximum drive time of where you live
In the Special Needs/Requests Field: Including more information helps us make the best placement for you
Accommodations needed? State this on application and/or meet with OCE staff

15. ST configuration/options
El Ed: 1 placement for Block 3 & 4 (EXCEPT for K) over 2 semesters. 8 weeks of courses and 8 weeks of FT ST’ing
CFS: Spring=8 week grade K-3 placement and Fall=12 week Pre-K placement
Secondary K-12: Two 8 week placements in one semester, one at elem. level and one at sec. level
Secondary 5-12: Depends on content
SPED: Two 8 week placements in one semester, one at elem. level and one at sec. level

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

17. Essay Revise ED/SPED/CFS 200 Essay or maybe begin again…
ED 300: Revise this essay or maybe begin again!
Read your essay out loud…get a friend to proof it…be professional!
El Ed: if strong preference for K-3 or 4-6, state in application under requests, not in essay

18. Resume/Essay Audience
This the first impression you will make with prospective administrators and cooperating teachers. Think about tone…..
Resume should be focused on qualifications for ST and experiences working with youth
Essay should represent your experiences in education, what you have learned in your courses at SCSU, and your philosophy of education (Your beliefs and the kind of teacher you want to be)

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. Both in one document: resume and then essay
Make it aesthetically attractive and easy to read
Well spaced and organized
Ask a second friend to proof it!
Make sure it represents you and the profession well
Check it again

22. 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

23. 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)
Grads already licensed and a member of ED MN through your District?…Purchase a student membership to ED MN.

24. Other Requirements
Criminal Background Check (CBC) required for most districts: OCE will include this information with your placement contract
CFS: choose K-3 student teaching for Spring 2020 (ED 420*)

25. Other Requirements
Orientation Attendance Mandatory: Friday, January 10, 2020 on campus
ST begins January 13, 2020
You will receive reminder
Jobs: Work can NOT interfere with your student teaching hours and demands!

26. 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!

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

28. 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…You will not be placed in schools where you have family/friends working, your children attend or you are coaching
PELSB: Exp. must be across scope of license

29. Process to Secure Placements
Applications received in OCE database
You update as needed, until Sept. 1, 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

30. Special Programs/Options
Common Market, Out of State, International opportunities
Aldine, Texas opportunities (Houston)
Partnerships: South Africa and China
Come to meeting Mar. 21
from 8:30-9:30 am in B107

31. 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 March 15
Continue to edit until September 1
Watch for s from OCE

32. See Kathryn Young if you need additional information or for questions
“Student Teaching”