The Office of Educational Services (OES) arranges placements for undergraduate and graduate teacher education candidates in P-12 settings to fulfill their required field and clinical hours and student teaching.
The Success Guide for Teacher Prep Programs (Blackboard Organization)
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Field & Clinical Experiences
In courses requiring field work or student teaching, the Office of Educational Services works with academic programs and course instructors to arrange experiences that prepare candidates for careers in education. Field, clinical, and student teaching experiences offer students opportunities to witness the happenings of a classroom and gain experience with related course learning outcomes. Experiences range from participation in activities, observation of the mentor teacher, direct individual, small group instruction, and additional experiences within the student 每日大赛入口 鈥 .檚 content area while being mentored by practicing classroom educators offering support and guidance.
Planning for Field & Clinical Experience Courses
OES will contact students after course registration to give them more information about arrangements for their field or clinical experience.
Student Teaching
Field and clinical experiences build upon one another throughout the program, culminating with student teaching, which occurs in the final semester of the student 每日大赛入口 鈥 .檚 program. The student-teacher experience is a full-time, semester-long clinical experience matching the candidate with a TEAM Trained Cooperating Teacher in one of our partner school placements. Students request student teaching placement 1 每日大赛入口 鈥 . 2 semesters in advance of their intended graduation semester.
Student Teaching Requests
Candidates in initial certification programs will student teach in their final semester before graduation. Students should make their request for placement using the deadlines listed below. Requests for student teaching are being accepted through the Spring 2025 semester.
Student Teaching Request Deadlines:
- Spring 2025 每日大赛入口 鈥 . September 1, 2024
- Fall 2025 每日大赛入口 鈥 . February 1, 2025
- Spring 2026 每日大赛入口 鈥 . September 1, 2025
- Fall 2024 每日大赛入口 鈥 . the deadline has passed. Please contact your academic advisor for information to submit a request.
Candidates in the following programs planning for Spring 2025 student teaching should submit a request using the Fall 2024 request deadline (February 1) to allow placement for your fall clinical experience and student teaching placements.
- Physical Education (HMS 394, HMS 495 + Student Teaching)
- Math (MAT 490 + Student Teaching)
- Social Studies (HIS 490 + Student Teaching)
- English (ENG 493 + Student Teaching)
- Science (all sciences) (SCE 490 + Student Teaching)
- World Languages (all languages) (WLL 491 + Student Teaching)
Contact Us
Office of Educational Services
Davis Hall, Rm. 110
Phone: (203) 392-5906
SCSUTeacherEd@southernct.edu
Angela Todaro-Kraszewski, Ph.D.
Director, Educational Services
Todaroa2@southernct.edu
Maril煤 Rochefort, M.A
Assistant Director, Educational Services
Rochefortm1@southernct.edu