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STEPS
TO A STUDENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
1.
Admission to Professional Education
(The official statement of the admissions requirements,
policies, and procedures is published in the Professional
Education Admission Handbook available at the
Winther Hall Information Desk.)
2. Admission
to Directed Teaching
a. To be eligible
for the student teaching semester, students must be admitted
to Professional Education and meet all prerequisites to their
required directed teaching course .
CHECK WITH
YOUR ADVISOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT
OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HELATH,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND COACHING ABOUT SPECIFIC
PREREQUISITES TO STUDENT TEACHING YOU MUST COMPLETE.
b. Completion
of at least 86 credits of work by the beginning of the semester
during which the student teaching will occur .
Secondary education
majors must have completed at least 24 of 34 semester credits
(broadfield majors 42 of 54) of their major.
c. Satisfactory
completion of all pre-clinical experiences.
d. Transfer
students must complete at least 14 undergraduate credits or
9 graduate credits of work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
before admittance to the student teaching semester.
Eligibility
for Directed Teaching, as approved by the Department
of Curriculum and Instruction on April 22, 1996
and amended February 10, 1997, for PreK-6, 1-6, 1-9, 6-12,
and K-12 regular education licensure .
In
order to be eligible for preschool directed teaching and/or
nine-week or full semester directed teaching, students in
Curriculum and Instruction programs must have a licensure
GPA of 2.75 based on courses in major, minor, and Professional
Education and have earned grades C or better in all methods
courses completed .
The requirement
for a grade of C or better also applies to methods courses
that are transferred in and to courses that are substituted
for the listed methods courses .
Students with
the grades of "I" (incomplete) in methods courses
will be ineligible for directed teaching .
Students seeking
additional licensure must earn a grade of C or better in the
appropriate methods course.
The
following courses are defined as methods courses:
PreK-6
Licensure
ELEMMID
215 Methods of Teaching Art in the
Elementary/Middle School
EARLYCHD
222 Early Childhood Music Methods
ELEMMID
324 Teaching Science in the Elementary/Middle
School
ELEMMID
363 The Teaching of Social Studies
in the Elementary School
ELEMMID
422 Teaching Language Arts in the
Elementary/Middle Grades
ELEMMID
425 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary/Middle
Grades
READING
361 Emergent Literacy
and Beginning Reading Instruction
READING
460 Elementary/Middle
School Reading Teaching Strategies
EARLYCHD
321 Programs and Curriculum for Young
Children
PEPROF
325 Physical
Education for the Kindergarten-Primary (K-3) Classroom Teacher
PEPROF
327 Motor Programming
for Early Childhood
1-6,
1-9 Licensure
ELEMMID
215 Methods of Teaching Art in the
Elementary/Middle School
ELEMMID
223 Elementary/Middle School Music
Methods
ELEMMID
324 Teaching of Science in the Elementary/Middle
School
ELEMMID
363 The Teaching of Social Studies
in the Elementary School
ELEMMID
422 Teaching Language Arts in the
Elementary/Middle Grades
ELEMMID
425 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary/Middle
Grades
ELEMMID
360 Reading in the Elementary/Middle
School
READING
460 Elementary/Middle
School Reading Teaching Strategies
PEPROF
325 Physical
Education for the Kindergarten-Primary (K-3) Classroom Teacher
PEPROF
326 Physical Education
for the Elementary 4-8 Classroom Teacher
6-12
Licensure
SECNDED
426/626 Methods of Teaching English
and Language Arts
SECNDED
427 Methods of Teaching
Foreign Language
SECNDED
428/628 Methods of Teaching Mathematics
SECNDED
429/629 Methods of Teaching Science
SECNDED
430/630 Methods of Teaching Social
Studies
SECNDED
434 Methods of Teaching
Theatre
SECNDED
440 Methods of Teaching
Marketing Education
SECNDED
441 Methods of Teaching
Accounting
SECNDED
442 Methods of Teaching
Keyboarding/Document Processing
SECNDED
443 Methods of Teaching
Shorthand
SECNDED
444 Methods of Teaching
Basic Business Subjects
SECNDED
466 Developmental Reading
in the Middle/Secondary Schools
K-12
Licensure
ELEMMID
434 Elementary General Music Methods
ELEMMID
437 Elementary/Middle School Instrumental
Methods
ELEMMID
424 Elementary/Middle School Art Education
SECNDED
420/620 Methods of Teaching Physical Education
K-12
SECNDED
423 Middle/Secondary School
Art Education
SECNDED
436 Methods of Teaching General Music
in the Middle/Secondary School
SECNDED
437 Methods of Teaching Instrumental
Music in the Middle/ Secondary School
SECNDED
438 Methods of Teaching
Choral Music in the Middle/Secondary School
SECNDED
466 Developmental Reading
in the Middle/Secondary School
Eligibility
for Directed Teaching (SPECFLD411, A-G), as approved by the
Department of Special Education on November
7, 1997.
All
courses identified on the AR (Academic Report) applicable
to the licensure and major emphasis area being pursued must
be satisfactorily completed with the exception of SPECFLD
411, A-G and SPECED 470 .
Grades of Incomplete,
D or F in Special Education courses (prefix SPECFLD or SPECED)
must be removed before a student teaching placement is confirmed.
Eligibility
for Directed Teaching (PEFIELD 411 Directed Teaching Physical
Education - Elementary School, PEFIELD 412 Directed Teaching
Physical Education - Middle School, and PEFIELD 414 Directed
Teaching- Secondary School).
See
the Chairperson, Department of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Coaching, for the current policy regarding
eligibility for directed teaching.
3.
Student teaching orientation
meeting
All
prospective student teachers are required to attend an orientation
meeting in January
(preceding
a fall, full semester student teaching placement) or in September
(preceding a spring,
full
semester student teaching placement).
4.
Determination of placement
a.
Each student is interviewed by a program
coordinator to determine the student's needs, interests, and
abilities . Following
the interview, a student teaching assignment (site and cooperating
teacher[s]) is recommended to the Director of Field Experiences
for approval and processing.
b.
Information regarding tentative student
teaching assignments is available to students on an ongoing
basis following confirmation and submission of required paperwork.
A meeting is held in August for fall semester placements
and in January for spring semester placements during which
student teachers meet with their university supervisor for
information including the supervisor's expectations, policies,
and procedures.
5.
Tuberculin test
All
student teachers are required to have a negative tuberculin
skin test or chest x-ray and a record of the test must be
on file in the Office of Field Experiences before starting
student teaching.
For
students placed in pre-school settings ,
the result of a tuberculin skin test or chest x-ray is valid
if the read date of the test occurs within one year preceding
the first day of the placement.
Example:
If the student begins the placement on January
20, 2003, the read date must be on or after January
20, 2002.
For
students placed in any other school setting, the result of
the tuberculin skin test or chest x-ray is valid if the read
date of the test occurs within three years preceding
the last day of the placement.
Example:
If the student ends the placement on June 12,
2004, the result of the read date of the test must be on
or after June 12, 2001.
6.
School
orientation
After
learning about the student teaching placement, the student
teacher arranges for an appointment with the principal and
cooperating teacher prior to beginning the student teaching
experience .
All assignments
are tentative pending the completion of the orientation visit
with the cooperating principal and teacher .
Depending on
local school or agency policy, students may be required to
interview with school or agency personnel.
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