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Students receive a teacher candidate ID badge prior to beginning their first field experience (process facilitated through the Field Placement Office). For safety and security reasons, the ID badge should be in the immediate possession of the teacher candidate during all field experiences. Replacement badges may be ordered upon request, at the student's expense.

Prior to beginning any field experience in teacher education, students must complete the following and submit completed forms to their course instructor:

1. Student Trip Waiver Form
2. Disclosure of Convictions Form

1. Application for Residency/Student Teaching with minimum GPA requirements met (2.7 major and education GPAs, 2.5 overall GPA).
2. Criminal background check as required by the school district or placement site: The placement site has the right to refuse or delay placement if any criminal activity is revealed through a background check.
3. Completion of Content Praxis Exam (Please reference the Praxis Exam Information by Content Area webpage for test codes and cut scores.)
4. Disclosure of Convictions form: �ձ�av��Ƶ may notify a school of any documented criminal activity when seeking a placement.
5. �ձ�av��Ƶ Release and Waiver of Liability; Assumption of Risk Agreement; Indemnity Agreement; and Consent to Medical Treatment and Emergency Contact Form
6. Tuberculosis test by a medical professional
7. Adult and Child CPR and First Aid Certification (Pediatric CPR for early childhood education majors).
8. Signature of adherence to policies within the Student Teaching Policies and Procedures Manual and the course syllabus.

1. Maintenance of minimal GPA requirements (2.7 major and education GPAs, 2.5 overall GPA).
2. Successful completion of first semester of student teaching/residency.

3. Completion of Praxis PLT exam.

    

For Secondary Education/K12 Education (EDFN 453L), teacher candidates will be in the schools two days a week or the equivalent. For Early Childhood Education (ECE 488), teacher candidates will be in infant, toddler or preschool classrooms for four days per week. Teacher candidates will follow the �ձ�av��Ƶ calendar. They will be enrolled in other classes at �ձ�av��Ƶ while engaged in this experience. In most cases, the placement will be in the same classroom for EDFN 453 and 454. Those in K-12 programs (art, foreign language, music and physical education teacher education) must have experiences with different ages when possible. Those majoring in physical education and music education do not participate in this semester of field experience.

Teacher candidates will co-teach full time Monday-Friday for 13 weeks and follow the local school schedule for holidays, etc. They will lead teach for a minimum of two weeks. University representatives (clinical mentors) will engage with the teachers (clinical educators) and students (teacher candidates) throughout the experience using observation, video reflection and local meetings. Physical education teacher education majors do not participate in this field experience.

Physical education majors engage in Student Teaching I, Student Teaching II and Student Teaching III as their yearlong “student teaching” experience. They split their semesters with three experiences in different schools/age levels, for one day per week in Student Teaching I and eight weeks in both Student Teaching II and III.

Students will engage with leaners, educators and classrooms as they explore the profession. Students will observe teaching practices and apply learning from concurrent courses through targeted assignments.

Students will work with special educators in birth to grade three settings for 45 hours during the semester. Students will engage in all activities related to educating young children with special needs, including attending Individualized Education Program/Individualized Family Service Plan meetings and supporting individual goals with activities planned by the special educator.

Agricultural education and family and consumer sciences education majors spend a minimum of 20 hours observing and participating in teaching and teaching-related activities within the fields of family and consumer sciences education or agricultural education in this early field experience.

Teacher candidates in agricultural or family and consumer sciences education will participate at .5 level in Residency I field experience. They will be in the classroom one day per week, or the equivalent, throughout the semester. They will have experiences in industry settings for the remainder of the semester. The school placement may be in a different classroom than for EDFN 454.

Students will engage in a field experience in an elementary classroom while applying knowledge, skills and dispositions learned in concurrent classes.

Students will engage in a field experience in a special education setting while applying knowledge, skills and dispositions learned in concurrent classes.