Prerequisites and Applying
What do I need to Know About Student Teaching?
Prerequisites for Student Teaching
The following conditions must be met prior to your student teaching:
- You must have been released from General Studies and must have been fully admitted to the teacher education program and satisfied all prerequisites, a full semester (excluding summer) prior to student teaching.
- You must have satisfactorily completed all prerequisites and proficiencies and all professional education courses with a grade of 2.00 or better, including methods courses.
- You must have the approval of the chairperson of the department that houses your major.
- You must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.50 on all coursework taken at Appalachian.
- You must have satisfactorily completed with a grade of 2.00 or higher:
- CI/SPE 2800
- CI/FDN/RE 3850
- FDN 3800
- PSY 3000
- Reading methods course(s) see departmental requirements
- Methods course(s) see departmental requirement
In addition to the courses listed above, specific major requirements that must be completed prior to student teaching with a 2.0 or higher in each course are:
| Elementary Education (K-6) | Middle Grades Education (6-9) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI 3110 | GHY 3013 or HIS 3728 | CI 3750 | CI/SPE 2800 | |
| CI 3750 | HIS 2201 or HIS 2204 | CI 3900 | FDN 3800 | |
| CI 4000 | PE 3556 | CI 3910 | RE 4630 | |
| CI 4030 | RE 3030 | CI 3920 | Two of the Following: | |
| CI/SPE 3000 | RE 4030 | CI 4400 | CI 3060 | |
| CI/MAT 3030 | One of the Following: | CI 4450 | CI 4040 | |
| ENG/RE 3240 | THR 3856 | CI 4900 | RE 3150 | |
| GS 4401 | ART/CI 2020 | CI/FDN/RE 3850 | GS 4402 | |
| HED 3645 | MUSIC 2021 | |||
| MAT 2030 | ||||
| Birth-Kindergarten | Special Education (K-12) | |||
| CI 4200 | FCS/CI/SPE 4553 | CD 2259 | RE 4710 | |
| CI/FDN/RE 3850 | FCS/CI/SPE 4554 | CI 4030 | SPE 3374 | |
| CI/SPE 2800 | FCS/CI/SPE 4600 | CI/FDN/RE 3850 | SPE 3374 | |
| COM 1100 | FDN 3800 | CI/SPE 2800 | SPE 4570 | |
| FCS 2101 | PSY 3000 | FDN 3100 | SPE 4571 | |
| FCS 2102 | RE 3902 | FDN 3800 | SPE 4576 | |
| FCS 2104 | SPE 3272 | PSY 3000 | SPE 4601 | |
| FCS 2201 | SPE 3273 | RE 3900 | SPE 4705 | |
| FCS/CI/SPE 3104 | SPE 4595 | RE 4620 | SPE 4902 | |
| FCS/CI/SPE 3105 | ||||
| Special Subject (K-12) | Areas Secondary Majors (9-12) | |||
| Methods Course(s) | Methods Course(s) | |||
| Reading Course(s) | Reading Course(s) | |||
| Other courses designated by major | Other courses designated by major | |||
NOTE: In addition to all courses listed above, it is your responsibility to meet all requirements in your program. You should refer to departmental requirements for additional prerequisites for student teaching.
If you have completed all prerequisites for student teaching, you will be unconditionally placed. If not, you may be tentatively placed until all prerequisites have been satisfied. However, you will not be permitted to student teach until you are fully admitted to teacher education and you have satisfied all prerequisites and earned C (2.0) or higher in designated courses and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 on all coursework taken at Appalachian.
You must student teach full-time for one semester. A Student Teacher Handbook must be purchased at the Bookstore. The handbook specifies policies and procedures, student teacher expectations, evaluation, grading, and other information relevant to student teaching. The student teacher is expected to follow rules and regulations established by the cooperating school and by the Reich College of Education.
If you are seeking multiple licensure or double/dual licensure at the initial level of entry, a minimum of ten continuous weeks must be spent in a single placement with a minimum of five continuous weeks in the second placement to meet student teaching requirements. You must complete the following requirements:
- Complete all RCOE requirements in each proposed licensure area.
- Complete all RCOE requirements including a methods course in each proposed area of teaching.
- Student teach in each teaching area to meet licensure as required.
How do I Apply for Student Teaching?
If you are planning to student teach in either the Fall or Spring semesters of a given academic year, you must attend the Student Teaching Orientation Meeting one year prior to your actual placement. Contact the Office of Field Experiences, Room 220 EDH, for date, time, and location of the meeting.
"Orientation/Placement"
Your student teaching placement is directed and coordinated by the Office of Field Experiences. Therefore, you should not attempt in any manner to arrange your own student teaching placement. The sequential activities designed to produce the appropriate student teaching placements are outlined below:
- An Orientation meeting for all students within the licensure track is held in the fall of each academic year. You are required to participate in this orientation meeting if you anticipate student teaching during the following academic year. During the orientation meeting, you will receive an application packet for student teaching and will be given guidelines and procedures for student teaching placement.
- A placement meeting is held one semester before the actual student teaching experience (each fall for the spring student teaching, and in the early spring for fall student teaching). In this placement meeting, you will be provided additional information concerning placement possibilities and information relating to the Reich College of Education regulations and procedures.
- Immediately following the placement meeting, you must schedule an individual interview with the appropriate Reich College of Education (RCOE) supervisor. STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELF-SELECT THEIR STUDENT TEACHING PLACEMENT, BUT MAY IDENTIFY PREFERRED AREAS. During your interview, the supervisor will gather data that will then enable proper placement.
- After all student interviews are completed, the RCOE supervisors will contact the public school placement personnel and together they will select the most suitable placements for you. You are not to contact the public schools at this point.
- You will be notified by the Office of Field Experiences of the placement selection in time for you to contact your cooperating teachers and arrange for a visit in your assigned school.
- Only under unique and/or very special circumstances will you be placed out-of-area for your student teaching. Few requests for out of area student teaching placements are approved. The two categories which may be considered are extreme hardship (i.e., catastrophic illness of family member which necessitates relocation) or unique teaching experience requested (however, in most circumstances, the college's current service region can meet requests without moving out of area). Requests made for either of these categories will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Students seeking out of area placement must do the following:
Submit a written request one year in advance of student teaching to the Assistant Dean of the Reich College of Education; the request must include a detailed rationale and an indication of whether the student is applying for a hardship or a unique teaching experience placement. A form for the request is available in the Office of Field Experiences, 220 EDH. The request must be approved initially by the student's advisor and the chair of the department in which the student's program is located.
