Student Teaching is a capstone experience for all undergraduate elementary and secondary teacher candidates seeking a bachelor's degree. It is a full-time commitment extending for an entire semester with placements in two different settings. As such, the School of Education requires that all required coursework is completed BEFORE the capstone experience begins, and it restricts candidates from taking any other course(s) while registered for student teaching except the co-requisite fieldwork 3 and the student teaching seminar.
Requirements to Student Teach:
- Grade of B or better in methods course1
- Approval of program coordinator and department chair
Transportation
Students are responsible for their own transportation to field and student teaching placements and must be prepared to commute up to 45 miles, one way, to these placements.
1All Adolescence Education (7-12) students must have a 3.0 GPA to register for the required methods course. Students unable to meet this GPA prerequisite will be advised to change their major so they can graduate in a timely manner.
