Admission to Student Teaching

The Student Teaching Experience is a sixteen-week semester course in which students sharpen their skills gained throughout the Teacher Education Program.  This capstone experience is composed of two eight-week placements or one sixteen-week placement in which students take charge of classrooms and fully engage in teaching.

Based on approval of the Teacher Education Committee, students may opt for an eight-week experience in a local school and eight weeks in an overseas placement.  Cross-cultural student teaching placements are available, providing the Teacher Education student the opportunity for a stronger, global perspective of teaching.

The Application for Student Teaching must be submitted to the Office of Teacher Education on or before December 1 (approximate date; contact the Teacher Education office for the exact date) before the academic year in which the student teaching semester occurs.  To qualify for the Student Teaching semester, the student must be fully accepted into the Teacher Education Program, have attained senior status, have completed the prerequisite professional courses, and have completed at least three-fourths of the hours required for the major and minor endorsement areas for which student teaching will be done.

General Instructions: Student Teaching

In order to be admitted to the student teaching semester the student must:

• Pick up a student teaching information packet from the Education Office in Goodman Hall
• Currently have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and a major GPA of 3.00 or higher
• Submit the following documents in person to the Education Office
  • Completed student teaching application (in packet or online)
  • Current degree audit and transcript
  • Copy of your successfully completed PPST test scores (Praxis I)
  • Current State of Indiana criminal history check
  • Your autobiography
  • Your Philosophy of Education
  • Student Teaching dispositions 2A and 2B
  • Approved Lesson Plans