Student Teaching Convocation Office of Field Experiences

Welcome

Dr. Gary BallouDirector of Field Experiences

Central Washington University

Eligibility for Student TeachingALL of the following must be completed BEFORE you apply for Student Teaching:

1. 3.00 GPA2. Passed West-B3. Satisfied all pre-requisites4. Completed Character & Fitness form5. Documented proof of liability insurance for $1 million with SWEA

(*except for Fall Quarter)6. Completed fingerprinting7. Registration for West-E8. Application for Certification9. Full admittance to Teacher Certification Program10. 75% completion of major/minor to include certain pre-requisite

coursesDon’t bother applying for Student Teaching if all of the above is not completed

BEFORE you submit your application for Student Teaching.

Expectations1. Attendance at all seminars is MANDATORY.2. Dress, act and be professional. Someone is

always watching you.3. Attend any available district curriculum

trainings.4. Beat your CT to the classroom each morning. 5. CT dismisses you at the end of the day.6. Receive criticism gracefully.7. Do not argue with your CT – “What a telling

display of a lack of intelligence”8. Always offer help. Look for things that need

to be done.9. Never do personal business on school time.10.edTPA – Teacher Performance Assessment.

Email Etiquette

Email is considered public and often stored on servers.

Email can be subpoenaed in a court of law.

No personal email or business on school time.

If you wouldn’t want your grandmother to read it, don’t send it!

Code of Unprofessional ConductState law requires:

No inappropriate conduct. No inappropriate touching. No inappropriate language. No inappropriate clothing. No smoking on school grounds. No drinking on school grounds. No illegal drug use on school grounds.

Working

You will not have time to keep up with lesson plans, edTPA and school activities if you work while student teaching.

Student Teaching is your job for 11 weeks.

Seminars

All seminars are mandatory - state requirement.

1. Orientation Seminar2. WEA Professional Ethics & Law Seminar3. edTPA Seminar 4. edTPA Follow-Up Seminar (*optional – check

with Field Supervisor)5. Classroom Management6. Job Search7. Exit Seminar

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Application

Several people read your application.Given to school district personnel,

Principals, cooperating teachers.No misspellings.Proofread your work.

Resume

Do not attach a resume to your application that you used to get a job at Target or Starbuck’s.

Write a resume that addresses your talents and experience working with children.

Writing Center

If you struggle with writing, go to the Writing Center. They will help you to succeed.

Strongly recommended: As you complete each task of the edTPA, take it to the Writing Center and ask them to critique it.

Confirmation

You will receive a confirmation email once you submit the online application.

Field Supervisor Availability

Just because a school district appears on the drop down list does not mean we have a field supervisor available

during the quarter you want to student teach.

Placement

Step OneThe Field Supervisor submits the student teacher’s application materials to the student teacher’s preferred school districts indicated on the application.

Step TwoThe school districts send out a district-wide email asking for experienced teachers to volunteer to be a cooperating (mentor) teacher.

Step ThreeThe school district waits to see if any teachers step forward to take on a student teacher.

Note: If no teacher is willing to serve as a cooperating (mentor) teacher,there is nothing more either the school district or the university can do.

Step FourThe Field Supervisor submits the student teacher’s application materials to the second and third choice school districts, and the process begins all over again.

Placement  Step FiveYou will hear from your Field Supervisor when your Field Supervisor hears from a school district about a possible placement.  Step SixYOU contact the CT IMMEDIATELY to arrange to interview with the teacher. The building Principal may also want to interview you. Note: This is an interview…just like a job interview. Dress and act appropriately. This is your chance to secure a student teaching placement. DO NOT leave the interview without a confirmation that you can do your student teaching with that teacher. Step SevenYOU contact your Field Supervisor immediately after the interview to confirm that you have been accepted as a student teacher at the school.

Placement

Important Information: Some school districts leave student teacher placement up to the individual schools. This

means that the Field Supervisor must contact each individual school to see if they are interested in taking on a student teacher. This is extremely time-consuming.

If you do not hear from your Field Supervisor, do not assume that he/she is not working on your placement. It simply means that there is no news to share with you about your placement. You will hear from your Field Supervisor just as soon as he/she hears from a school district.

DO NOT bother your Field Supervisor with complaining emails or phone calls. It does not speed the process. In fact, it slows the process. If the Field Supervisor has to answer numerous emails and phone calls, he/she cannot devote his/her time and attention to your placement.

Your Field Supervisor is supervising a full load of student teachers and securing Field Experience placements at the same time that he/she is trying to place you for student teaching. It is not uncommon for a Field Supervisor to be handling 30 to 70 different placements at the same time. Your understanding is appreciated as your Field Supervisor handles countless phone numbers, names, messages, emails and so forth.

“Pulling”

A student teacher can be “pulled” out of Student Teaching for a variety of reasons:

Poor scores or ratings on an evaluation. Overall attitude. Lack of professionalism. Principal request to remove student teacher. CT request to remove student teacher.

Quotes from CTs

“You are no longer the center of the universe. The world does not revolve around you.”

(2nd Grade Teacher, Bellevue SD)

“Teaching is all about the kids. It’s not about you.”

(Middle School Teacher, Seattle SD)

“If we want to know your opinion, we’ll ask. Everybody has an opinion. A wise teacher

knows when to share it… and when to shut up!”

(Principal, Seattle SD)

Welcome to the greatest profession

in the world!

Guest Speaker

Jeff CharbonneauWashington State “Teacher of the Year”

CWU alumnus