The Student Teaching Semester
Student teaching is an all day (approximately eight hours),
all-semester activity. The student teacher will be required to
spend the full public school day, plus any additional conference or
seminar time, in this experience.
The majority of student teachers will be assigned to do their
student teaching away from the campus community; therefore, student
teachers must expect that they may be asked to make arrangements to
be away from the campus for the student teaching semester. The
Director of Student Teaching will make the assignments for each
student teacher.
Under special circumstances, a student may request permission from
the Director of Student Teaching to schedule one course with
student teaching. Any course scheduled in addition to student
teaching must not conflict with student teaching. The hours
involved in student teaching will be approximately 8:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
In order to remain in student teaching, students are expected to
meet and maintain desirable professional, physical, and moral
standards consistent with their positions in the public schools.
A student who fails or is directed to withdraw from student
teaching or the Practicum for Alternative Certification must
complete a Professional Improvement Plan (monitored by the
coordinator of the teacher development program) prior to a second
student teaching experience. A student may not attempt student
teaching a third time.
Nine semester hours are awarded for student teaching. Grades for
all students are on the Pass-Fail basis (students should remember
that they must have a cumulative or degree grade point average of
2.5 to be graduated in one of the teacher education curricula).