Office for Teacher Candidate Preparation (OTCP)

Student Teaching

Student teaching is completed during the teacher candidate senior year. Each student spends a full semester in the classroom with a co-operating teacher. Placements are made through the College of Education.

Prior to the student teaching experience, students must complete all student teaching requirements. (see endorsements packets below)

A required pre meet session takes place the semester before student teaching begins. Information shared at this meeting includes: tentative schedule for student teaching, basic lesson plan format and reflection process, substitute teaching policy, explaination of TRIAD meetings and the cooperating teacher handbook. This is a mandatory meeting.

Following are some documents that are very important to the student teaching experience.