Student Teaching ROUND UP
Office of Clinical Experiences
Student Teaching Application

You will need to complete:







Application form ONLINE
Eligibility sheet for YOUR major (hard copy)
Paper & pencil…take notes!
Due Date: Friday, April 15 to OCE
Use the checklist
www.stcloudstate.edu/oce Click on: “Field Experience
and Student Teaching Application”
Complete Online Application on a computer (not a phone)
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

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
Get this signed prior to due date (see who
needs to sign: advisor, dept rep, content
advisor, TDEV education advisor, etc.)
Eligibility



Apply to major
Apply to Teacher
Education (Dean’s
Office EB A 110)
GPA requirements

2.75

APPLY to Student
Teach ON TIME,
EVEN IF YOU MAY
HAVE ELIGIBILITY
ISSUES!

GPA, not admitted
to teacher education
yet, etc.
CFS & Secondary…
Set an advising meeting NOW to
meet and get signature on your
application!
 Email your advisor and set an
appointment
 DO NOT wait!

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
Other Requirements
SPED Teacher Candidates:
 You must ALSO APPLY in the SPED
Department!
 Deadlines are:

March 1 for Fall
 Oct. 1 for Spring

MTLE Testing Requirements

You must pass ALL MTLE Basic Skills
tests prior to Student teaching:

By Sept. 15, 2016 for Spring 2017
student teaching

By January 15, 2017 for Fall 2017
student teaching
Student Information






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
Where will you be living? Update
online as needed! (Edit -> Sept. 1)
 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




El Ed: 1 placement for Block 3 & 4 EXCEPT
for K
Common Market (within MN, through
another MNSCU institution) limited options;
generally difficult option for El Ed majors
over the 2 semesters
Out of State/International Opportunities
meeting dates (2 per semester)
Resume’
 Include
any trainings, all
experiences working with
children, in school settings, etc.
 Proof your work!
 Ask a friend to proof your work!
 No color; No photos
Essay
 Revise
ED/SPED/CFS 200 Essay
or begin again…
 ED 300: Submit this essay!
 Read your essay out loud…get a
friend to read it…be professional!
 El Ed: if strong preference for K3 or 4-6, state in essay
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.
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 2017 (ED 420*)

Other Requirements
Orientation Attendance Mandatory:
Friday January 6th, 2017
 You will receive reminder Email
 Jobs: Work can NOT interfere with
your student teaching hours and
demands!

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!

Do Not Attempt to Secure Your
Own Placement!!!!!
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
Process to Secure Placements







Applications received in OCE database
You update as needed, within deadlines
OCE sends files and request out to schools
semester prior
CHECK YOUR HUSKYNET…we may have Q’s
OCE secures placement
Hold placement meetings with you during
finals week: watch for signs posted!
You will sign a contract
Special Programs/Options
Common Market, Out of State,
International opportunities
 Aldine, Texas opportunities (Houston)
 Partnerships: South Africa

See Kathryn Young or Fran
Umerski for any questions
www.stcloudstate.edu/oce “Student Teaching”