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1. As guests in schools and other educational settings, your presence should reflect professionalism. The following will help to guide you in your site visits as teacher candidates and as representatives of Kent State University: 2. As soon as you receive your confirmation of a placement, please contact the cooperating teacher and make ...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

Following the submission of a Field Experience Request Form, the specified school district is contacted. Each school district has a designated contact person with whom we work. The contact person makes the necessary arrangements for field placement through school personnel and notifies VOSS of approval or denial of the request. VOSS, in...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

Candidates apply for individual placements by submitting a Field Experience Request Form which is distributed by the Instructor of Record of a course. Instructors initiate group requests by submitting a form to Debbie Dotson (304 White Hall) regarding the field experience course requirements and placement criteria. Please allow at least 2-...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

Field experiences (integrated with teacher education courses) provide teacher candidates with opportunities to observe and/or participate in a variety of diverse educational settings prior to student teaching. Placements for field experiences are developed from course objectives within the College of Education, Health, and Human Services c...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

Teacher candidates need to inform the Vacca Office of Student Services, 304 White Hall, of any changes in their student teaching plans (e.g., delaying for a semester). Applications are submitted for a particular semester only. It is particularly important that we maintain good relations and communication with the professionals in our co...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

All coursework, GPA, dispositional standards, and other criteria as specified by program area and college need to be successfully met prior to the final student teaching semester. See faculty advisors and/or academic advisors in the Vacca Office of Student Services, 304 White Hall, for clarification. Check our web site, bulletin boards ...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

For most candidates, completing the "application" for Student Teaching should be done approximately one calendar year in advance (2-3 semesters) of when you anticipate your eligibility for participating in your Student Teaching experience. You are not expected to have completed all of the pre-requisite requirements at the time of your...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

All day, each and every school day and more! If you discuss the time commitment with your peers who are presently student teaching, you will discover that student teaching involves teaching a full school day and then working evenings and weekends to plan, reflect, and prepare. Student teaching requires the same time commitment as a full...

EHHS: Vacca Office of Student Services

Student teaching is considered the culminating experience in a candidate's teacher education program. Candidates are provided opportunities to observe teachers, to apply educational theory, to demonstrate their disposition for teaching and to practice the knowledge and skills deemed essential for effective, professional practice within a s...