Student Teaching ROUND UP

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 www.stcloudstate.edu/oce 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. 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. Eligibility

9. CFS & Secondary… • Set an advising meeting NOW to meet and get signature on your application! • Email 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: • 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 • SPED: Apply to SPED + meet OCE Deadlines • CFS: • 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

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 Email 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 email and the voicemail. 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! www.educationminnesota.org; “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 Email • 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 emails from OCE

32. See Kathryn Young if you need additional information or for questions www.stcloudstate.edu/oce “Student Teaching”