Transcript Student Teaching Orientation Office of Student Teaching and Field Experience 303 Central Hower Wendy Jewell, Coordinator [email protected] 330-972-7987 Barb Baltrinic, Liaison [email protected] 330-972-5427 Katie Feudner, Administrative Assistant [email protected]

Student Teaching
Orientation
Office of Student Teaching and Field
Experience
303 Central Hower
Wendy Jewell, Coordinator
[email protected]
330-972-7987
Barb Baltrinic, Liaison
[email protected]
330-972-5427
Katie Feudner, Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
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330-972-7961
Student Teaching
Student teaching is your Capstone Project that allows
you, after successfully completing the semester, to
apply for your Teaching License.
It is considered to be the most important and
challenging component of teacher preparation
programs.
It is a sixteen week “Professional Internship.”
Student Teaching
The objective of student teaching is to provide
experiences where students seeking licensure can
effectively demonstrate skills in each of the following
areas:
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Planning and Preparation
Navigating the Classroom and School Environment
Instruction (engaging students in meaningful inst.)
Assessment (Formative and Summative)
Professional Responsibilities
Behavior Management
Professional Dispositions
Student Teaching
Your student teaching experience requires a large time
commitment from you.
Full Time Internship. Monday through Friday. 7-8 hours
at the school during the day. Evening and weekends will
be spent planning and preparing for future instruction.
Begin to think about how you will manage all your
responsibilities and commitments.
Student teaching is a 16 week interview and can be a
gateway to a job opportunity.
TPA Requirement
The state of Ohio has mandated that beginning Fall 2013,
all Pre-service teachers must complete a TPA (Teacher
Performance Assessment) during your student teaching
experience.
Required as part of your Student Teaching course. If you
do not complete and upload final TPA portfolio you will
fail the course.
Cost to you as a student is $300.00
What is edTPA?
 edTPA is a pre-service electronic portfolio designed by
educators to answer the essential question: "Is a new
teacher ready for the job?" It tests application of skills.
 edTPA is a summative assessment of the teaching practice
that is in alignment of the Ohio teaching standards.
 It is a collection of artifacts and commentaries.
 It is based on a learning segment of 3-5 days.
 Assessed by the State of Ohio using 15 rubrics.
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edTPA Participating States
Information on the edTPA can be
found at:
edTPA.com
Preservice through Lead Teaching
Preservice
Preparation
Resident
Teacher
License
Professional
License
Senior
Professional
License
Ohio’s Teaching Continuum
Lead
Professional
License
Student Teaching
Requirements
To be eligible to
student teach you
must meet the
following
requirements:
1. Be admitted to the College of Education.
2. Completion of all program requirements.
3. Have a cumulative grade point average of a 2.5 or above.
4. Have a cumulative grade point average of a 2.5 or above in
your content area(s).
5. In your professional education coursework you cannot have a
grade below a C. Any professional educational coursework with a
C- or below must be retaken.
6. Passing scores on all of your content areas for the Ohio
Assessment for Educators (OAE). OPI for foreign language
students.
7. Passing OAE Content or OPI scores turned in to the Office of
Student Teaching by the required deadline.
8. Clean FBI and BCI report.
9. Submission of completed student teaching application by
required deadline.
10. Approval from the Student Teaching committee.
Ohio Assessment for Educators
and OPI
You must pass your OAE Content area(s) exam
by November 20, 2015
If you are Foreign Language you need to take and pass the OPI by
November 20, 2015.
If you do not pass and have your scores in by the required date, you
may appeal to the Student Teaching Committee.
Appeals must be turned into Wendy Jewell by December 4, 2015. The
appeals process will be posted on the Student Teaching web site.
Important information regarding
the OAE
 There is a thirty day wait time before you can repeat
the test.
 There is significant wait time before you receive your
official scores.
 If you have more than one content area, you must
pass both content areas to meet the student teaching
pre-requisite.
 You will need to have passing scores on both the OAE
Content test and OAE APK in order to apply for your
teaching license.
Student Teaching Placements
Placements will be within fifty miles of the University of Akron.
Teacher Candidates will be placed in school districts that we have
partnerships with, but we are not limited to those specific districts
if needed.
Your Student Teaching experience will follow the Co-Teaching
Model. (In most cases)
Student Teaching Placement Process
We consider the following when
seeking a placement for you:
• ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENT
• AVAILABILITY OF SITE
• LOCATIONS/TYPLOGIES OF OTHER
FIELD EXPERIENCES
• LICENSURE NEEDS
Placement Process
 Candidates may not make their own placements.
 Candidates may not student teach in the school
district that you attended.
* Candidates may not student teach in districts
where a relative works or where relatives attend.
*You cannot Student Teach in a district in which you are
employed.
 Most districts require you to interview with them
prior to them accepting you as a student teacher.
Current District Partners
Akron
Barberton
Coventry
Norton
Springfield
Stow –Munroe Falls
Rootstown
Waterloo
Wadsworth
The Application
* Go to the Student Teaching web site. Complete the
on-line application.
 The on-line application will take at least 30 minutes to
complete.
 Collect all the required information before you begin
filling in the application.
 Once you start the application, you cannot stop and
save.
 If you do not complete the application and submit,
you will need to start the application over again.
 The electronic application will be available in August.
The office of Student Teaching will communicate to
you when the link will go live.
Application Sections
 Licensure Area: (Attention ECIS/EC dual majors: you must
check ECIS/EC as your licensure area on the application)
 Select Licensure area with specific content area if
applicable.
Ex. Middle Level – SS and LA
AYA – Science
Application Sections
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS:
Which school districts did you attend in Ohio?
 Which school district did you graduate from and what
year did you graduate?
 Do you have relatives affiliated in any Ohio school
districts? Mother/Father Sister/Brother
Husband/Wife/Domestic Partner
Your own children
If you do have relatives affiliated in Ohio school districts,
please list the SCHOOL DISTRICT and RELATIONSHIP to you
for each relative
FIELD EXPERIENCE and Education Course Service Learning
Experiences:
You will be asked to use a dropdown box which will indicate various
College of Education courses with field. Locate the various courses you
took which had field experiences. You will be asked to type in the
location of where you did your field work. (i.e. Barberton High;
Language Arts)
Additionally, if you completed other field or College of Education service
learning experiences, please add that information in the additional
boxes available. Include the course number, course name, how many
hours of field/service you completed, and the location.
Preparing this information in advance is important. We need you
to self-report your field as accurately as possible.
Preparing to Complete the
Application
 Preplan what you will list under the following sections of
the application: .
 Type these into a word document so you can copy and paste the
responses into the application
 List of places where you did your field work
 List of Travel, Leadership, Honors, etc.
 List of Accomplishments
The Application
When you have done all your preparation work, go to the Student
Teaching website and click on “Apply to Student Teach”
 Fill out all required information. Push “Submit.”
 A copy of the application will be sent to your UA email address.
 The copy of your application will serve as a receipt that you have
applied for Student Teaching. Retain a copy of your Student
Teaching Application for your records.
When will I receive my Student
Teaching placement?
The target date for notifying our teacher
candidates of their placement will be December
10th, 2015. All students will be notified of their
placement at that time. Be certain to pay attention
to your email for this important communication.
If your placement has not been confirmed by 12/10,
our office will contact you to let you know that
your placement will be forthcoming.
University of Akron Expectations
during student teaching
 You will follow district/building calendar, hours of operation,
and all district procedures and policies.
 Follow professional guidelines in alignment with the Ohio
Teaching Standards, the district policies and the University of
Akron’s code of student conduct.
 If you have added a misdemeanor or a felony since you turned
in your cleared BCI and FBI to the district, you must report it to
the Director of Student Teaching at the University. Not
reporting it or the nature of the offence can result in
immediate removal from your placement.
Expectations continued:
 If you voluntarily start your placement early, you will end your
placement as scheduled by the end of the semester.
 If you are offered employment by a district during your student
teaching, you will still end your placement as scheduled at the
end of the semester.
 You cannot be hired as a sub for a district and Student Teach.
 If you are removed from a placement, you are not guaranteed
another placement within the same semester. Depending on
the reason for removal a decision will be made by the Student
Teaching Director or Committee if you are allowed to obtain an
additional student teaching placement.
 You must be able to meet the physical demands.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Information will be communicated to you
through your UA email.
• It is important that you check your UA
email frequently.
• Use your University email on all
applications.
• You must register for student teaching
courses.
Critical Due Dates
Submission of Student Teaching
Applications
The last day to apply for Spring 2016
Student Teaching is September 25th.
Late applications may not be accepted.
Required Student Teaching
Meetings
1. Student Teaching Orientation - Current meeting.
2. Pre Student Teaching meeting January 14th (1-5:00 p.m.)
You will receive email reminders for these meetings.
How to read your DARS
Look at your DARS
 Ignore the first red block. This is about general
graduation requirements.
 Look at the second red block.
 If there is a + this means you have completed required
courses.
 If there is a – there is a course not taken or the advisor
has not waived or substituted a course. If so, please see
your advisor
Looking at your DARS
 If you see a GREEN √ this means all is good!
 If you see a RED X this means you need a course/or
courses. You need to register, or talk to your advisor
to waive or substitute a course
Please send e-mail to
[email protected] and cc your
advisor. It can take several weeks to
process all requests, but they will be
addressed and cleared up prior to
graduation.
This Power Point will be added
to the Student Teaching web
site.
Questions?
Come to Central Hower
Email
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Call 330-972-7961