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DETERMINATION
OF PLACEMENT SITES AND ASSIGNMENTS
1.
Students are strictly
prohibited from arranging for student teaching sites,
assignments, and
cooperating teachers.
In addition, Office of Field
Experiences policy generally prohibits assigning student
teachers to schools
or agencies in communities where they have attended schools,
or
where they, their
spouse, their children, or other close family members are
affiliated
with certain schools or agencies.
Exceptions to this policy are seldom
granted . Financial hardship is not an acceptable
basis for an exception
. Information on applying for an exception to this policy
is
available in the Office
of Field Experiences.
2.
Sites for placements are selected to meet program
objectives and to maximize the
efficient use of university
resources . For example, several student teachers may be
clustered in the same
school.
As
a general rule, Area One placement locations are the primary
sites for placements.
Program coordinators
may request placements in Area Two placement locations. See
Appendix B for a list
of Area One and Area Two placement locations.
Exceptions to this policy are seldom granted . Information
on applying for an
exception to this policy
is available in the Office of Field Experiences.
3.
School districts, schools, and other agencies
voluntarily provide prospective sites for
student teaching assignments
as a professional courtesy.
4.
Service as a
cooperating teacher is a voluntary professional activity .
Cooperating
teachers are selected
on the basis of their meeting criteria . (See "Criteria
for
Selection of Cooperating
Teachers" in the next section of this handbook.)
5.
Cooperating teachers
and/or other school district or agency officials may require
interviewing students
before agreeing to accept them for a placement. As part
of the
interview, students may
be asked to present a résumé, a portfolio, or other
documents. Students should
inquire what will be required at the interview in advance.
6.
No changes in the officially assigned
semester for student teaching are
allowed without permission
from the appropriate department.
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