OFFICE OF CLINICAL

EXPERIENCESCarol Thoma

Field Experience Coordinator

SPRING 2010 Course Presentations

clthoma@stcloudstate.edu

Stop in at EB B120

EVERYONE MUST Apply for a

Field Experience!!!

Including: Rochester, Anoka-Hennepin, St. Paul and others

ED 300 MAJORS AND FE GRADE LEVEL

*****PE will need a HIGH SCHOOL placement

*****PE/HEALTH NEED HEALTH PLACEMENT

K-12 Majors NEED ELEMENTARY

Art

ESL (TESL)Languages (Spanish, German, French)

Music (Vocal, Instrumental)Information Media

5-12 Majors NEED HIGH SCHOOL

Communication Arts & Literature (English)MathScience (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Earth & Space)Social StudiesTech Ed.

FIELD EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW

Go to www.stcloudstate.edu/oce Click on Field Experience and Student Teaching

Application Click on Field Experience and Student Teaching Application Enter HuskyNet ID and Password Click My Applications Click on My Field Experience Applications Click on Course Number

General Placement Deadline: Saturday, January 23rd at 11:59 PM Waiver Deadline: MUST meet with Carol by Friday, January 22nd to find out! Self Placement Deadline: MUST meet with Carol by Friday, January 22nd to find out!

If you fail to apply by the deadline, set up an appointment with Carol Thoma!!!!!!!

If you fail to apply by the deadline, placement in a St. Cloud District will not be possible.

GENERAL PLACEMENT Carol Thoma will do all the contacting of

schools/principals and teachers. www.stcloudstate.edu/oce SPECIAL NOTES!!!!!!!!!

TIPS FOR ONLINE APPS Use FULL HUSKY NET

scme0502@stcloudstate.edu

Use INTERNET EXPLORER Have all information ready Take your time

ED/SPED 200--ST CLOUD PROGRAMS (PINK SHEET)

3 hours training 7 hours teaching and prep 10 hours classroom observation

Special notes: type of program and grade level

WAIVER—SEE CAROL!! Only available for the following courses:

ED/SPED 200 ED 300

Completed prior relevant experience in an elementary/middle public school classroom.

Done as a university student. Minimum of 20 hours. Turned in to professor/committee for evaluation If the waiver is not approved, you will be contacted by OCE.

Waiver Deadline: MUST meet with Carol by Friday, January 22nd to find out!

SELF-PLACEMENT—SEE CAROL!! Only available for the following courses:

ED/SPED 200 ED 300

You may choose to arrange a placement at a public school more than 50 miles from SCSU.

You must contact the school and teacher directly to make all the arrangements

The teacher and/or principal must sign the form Contact the school district’s Human Resources Office to

find and follow the district criminal background check policy.

Self Placement Deadline: MUST meet with Carol by Friday, January 22nd to find out!

WHEN WILL MY PLACEMENT BE READY?

You will receive an email when your placement is ready!

1 week to sign contract NO SIGN CONTRACT = NO START IN

FIELD Contact Cooperating Teacher

IMMEDIATELY ‘Throughout the semester’ means you

are working on it throughout the semester

We are guests in the schools

 

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS (CBC)

If your cooperating school requires a CBC, it will be attached to the contract.

CFS 200/406/413/428, ED 200/315/428, SPED 200/338/339/440/455 will get the St Cloud CBC to fill out and return ASAP!

If you know something is on your record, see CAROL immediately.

Keep it clean!

ID BADGE

You must wear a SCSU Field Experience ID Badge at all times when working in the K-12 schools.

These are available in Atwood at the campus card center

If you already have a badge, obtain the current semester sticker from OCE

PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE It is REQUIRED that all field experience students carry personal liability insurance.

Available through EMSP (Education Minnesota Student Program)

$25.00 including required EMSP membership fee Apply on line at www.educationminnesota.org

Student Members Apply online

or through your personal insurance company

HAVING A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE

First Impression Matter…

REMEMBER THIS:

NO BOOBSNO BUTTSNO BELLIES

EVALUATIONS Be sure to turn in all media or books that you have

checked out from the school district library. Turn evaluation in to PROFESSOR not OCE!!! Make a

copy for your files.

ED 200: Download Evaluation in the OCE Forms section in the OCE

Kiosk TURN in to OCE!!

ED 300: Download 2 page Evaluation and Cooperating Teacher

Letter in the OCE Forms section in the OCE Kiosk

CFS 200/SPED 200: Download Evaluation in the OCE Forms section in the

OCE Kiosk

Apply online Ask for a sticker from OCE or get

an ID Badge EMSP insurance ED/SPED/CFS 200: Download Evaluation from OCE

Kiosk ED300: Download 2 page Evaluation AND CT Letter

from OCE Kiosk

If you are planning on doing a self placement or waiver you need to see Carol

SPECIAL NOTE FOR ED 300 AND ED 315

IF YOU WANT TO Student Teach

SPRING 2011 attend the Student Teaching Round-Up this semester

be on the look-out for the signs

QUESTIONS?