Student Teaching Convocation Office of Field Experiences Eligibility

Student Teaching Convocation Office of Field Experiences

Eligibility for Student Teaching ALL of the following must be completed BEFORE you will be placed for Student Teaching: 3. 00 GPA Passed West-B Satisfied all pre-requisites Completed Character & Fitness form Documented proof of liability insurance for $1 million with SWEA (*except for Fall Quarter) 6. Completed fingerprinting 7. Registration for West-E 8. Application for Certification 9. Full admittance to Teacher Certification Program 10. 75% completion of major/minor to include pre-requisite courses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Expectations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Attendance at all seminars is MANDATORY. Dress professionally. Attend any available district curriculum trainings. Beat your CT to the classroom each morning. CT dismisses you at the end of the day. Receive criticism gracefully. Always offer help. Look for things that need to be done. Never do personal business on school time. ed. TPA – Teacher Performance Assessment.

Email Etiquette Ø Email is considered public and often stored on servers. Ø Email can be subpoenaed in a court of law. Ø No personal email or business on school time.

Code of Unprofessional Conduct State law requires: Ø No inappropriate conduct. No inappropriate touching. Ø No inappropriate language. Ø No inappropriate clothing. Ø No smoking on school grounds. Ø No drinking on school grounds. Ø No illegal drug use on school grounds. Ø

Working Ø Working during Student Teaching is STRONGLY discouraged. Student Teaching is your job for a minimum of 10 weeks.

Seminars All seminars are mandatory - state requirement. Orientation Seminar WEA Professional Ethics & Law Seminar ed. TPA Follow-Up Seminar (*optional – check with Field Supervisor) 5. Classroom Management 6. Job Search 7. Exit Seminar 1. 2. 3. 4.

Application Ø Your application will be read by several people. Ø Given to school district personnel, Principals, cooperating teachers. Ø No misspellings. Ø Proofread your work.

Resume Ø If you need help with your resume, the Career Services Center can help. Ø Write a resume that addresses your talents and experience working with children.

Writing Center Ø If you struggle with writing, go to the Writing Center. They will help you to succeed. Ø Strongly recommended: As you complete each task of the ed. TPA, take it to the Writing Center and ask them to critique it.

Confirmation You will receive a confirmation email once you submit the online application.

Field Supervisor Availability Not all schools districts listed on the application are available each quarter. This is due to the varying availability of supervision each quarter.

Placement Step One The Field Supervisor submits the student teacher’s application materials to the student teacher’s preferred school districts indicated on the application. Step Two The school districts send out a district-wide email asking for experienced teachers to volunteer to be a cooperating (mentor) teacher. Step Three The school district waits to see if any teachers step forward to take on a student teacher. Note: If no teacher is willing to serve as a cooperating (mentor) teacher, we must move on to step four. Step Four The Field Supervisor submits the student teacher’s application materials to the second and third choice school districts, and the process begins all over again.

Placement Step Five You will hear from your Field Supervisor when your Field Supervisor hears from a school district about a possible placement. Step Six YOU then contact the CT IMMEDIATELY to arrange to interview with the teacher. The building Principal may also want to interview you. Note: This is an interview…just like a job interview. Dress appropriately. This is your chance to secure a student teaching placement. DO NOT leave the interview without a confirmation that you can do your student teaching with that teacher. Step Seven YOU contact your Field Supervisor immediately after the interview to confirm that you have been accepted as a student teacher at the school.

Placement Important Information: Ø Some school districts leave student teacher placement up to the individual schools. This means that the Field Supervisor must contact each individual school to see if they are interested in taking on a student teacher. This is extremely time-consuming. Ø If you do not hear from your Field Supervisor, do not assume that he/she is not working on your placement. It simply means that there is no news to share with you about your placement. You will hear from your Field Supervisor just as soon as he/she hears from a school district. Ø Your Field Supervisor is supervising a full load of student teachers and securing Field Experience placements at the same time that he/she is trying to place you for student teaching. It is not uncommon for a Field Supervisor to be handling 30 to 70 different placements at the same time. Your understanding is appreciated as your Field Supervisor handles countless phone numbers, names, messages, emails and so forth.

“Pulling” A student teacher can be “pulled” out of Student Teaching for a variety of reasons: Ø Poor scores or ratings on an evaluation. Ø Overall attitude. Ø Lack of professionalism. Ø Principal request to remove student teacher. Ø CT request to remove student teacher.

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