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This section contains information for student teachers. Additional information can be found in the Student Teaching Handbook and on the GoogleClassroom site you will be invited to when you prepare to apply to student teach.

For Pre-Student Teachers

For Student Teachers

Student Teaching Application

Each fall, there is a Student Teaching Application meeting for students planning to student teach the next academic year led by the Director of Field Experiences and Licensure. There are also interest meetings for student teaching abroad.

To student teach locally or abroad, you will complete the Student Teaching Planning Sheet and the Student Teaching Application that will be in GoogleClassroom. You will receive access to that site during the application meetings.

To apply to student teach in Chicago, complete the Student Teaching Planning Sheet in GoogleClassroom and then the Chicago Semester application.

Candidate Presentation

The Candidate Presentation gives you an opportunity to reflect on your Education coursework and field experiences and your readiness to student teach. This is an important and required assignment; successful completion of this presentation is required in order to student teach. 

The Candidate Presentation occurs the spring semester prior to student teaching for most students. The assignment for the Candidate Presentation will be sent via Student Learning and Licensure. The components of the assignment are:

  1. Reflection on Racial Consciousness and Dispositions Review — Write an essay addressing your racial consciousness and how it will inform your teaching. Complete the Professional Disposition Self-Assessment artifact and reflection form in SLL.
  2. Student Teaching Goals — Create 3 student teaching goals and determine a plan to meet those goals.
  3. Readiness to Student Teach — Write a statement (approximately 2-3 pages) about your readiness to student teach.
  4. Presentation — Present (10 min) to a group of your peers and one Education faculty member on your readiness to student teach and one specific goal for student teaching.

Student Teaching Handbook

The Student Teaching Handbook can be accessed here.

Student Teaching Contact Information

  • Student Teachers will provide their teaching schedule in response to an email from the Field Experience Program Coordinator.

Professional Dispositions

In SLL, you will be asked to evaluate your professional dispositions at the end of student teaching.

Subject Matter Standards

Student teachers will upload evidence in SLL demonstrating that they’ve met their Subject Matter Standards. For each licensure area, students will upload at least three pieces of evidence and write a reflection on how that evidence demonstrates subject matter standards have been met. Students should think of compiling evidence to show that they’ve met the standard globally, not each individual substandard (although students can certainly reflect on specific substandards). Subject matter standards for MN teachers can be found at this link from the MN Office of the Revisor of Statutes.

CPAST

CPAST Midterm Self-Assessment Directions (or watch this video).
  • Log in to Student Learning and Licensure (SLL) single sign on: https://login.watermarkinsights.com/connect/stolafcollege
  • Click on “Educ 389: Education 389: Student Teaching” if you see a list of courses on the home screen. If you don’t see the course, click on the “In Progress” button in the left hand side menu, and your courses should populate.
  • Click on “CPAST Midterm Assessment.”
  • You will see tabs at the top for student teacher, cooperating teacher, and college supervisor. Click on the tab for student teacher.
  • The rubric you complete appears on the left side of the screen. Each element of the rubric is listed with the four possible ratings. Likely, you will receive ratings of 0-1 with a few 2’s. To earn a “2,” student teachers must meet ALL criteria listed. As the midterm evaluation is formative, student teachers will use this feedback to set goals for the remainder of their student teaching placement. At the final CPAST evaluation, you should achieve predominately at the “Meets Expectations” level (a score of 2) or above.
  • For each score, jot down a few notes in the rubric for evidence that supports your rating. This will be helpful during your three-way meeting with your host teacher and the college supervisor. You can use the “CPAST Look Fors” document (which can be found at the “Directions and Resources” tab at the top of the page) for likely sources of evidence for each criteria.
  • Once you have completed all criteria in the rubric, submit your response.
  • You will be able to view your host and college supervisor evaluations once they are BOTH submitted. 
    • Click on the button “Assessments History” at the top of the screen. Find your “Mentor Teacher” name, click on that, and then select the tab “Cooperating Teacher” that populates in the new screen to see your cooperating teacher’s CPAST scores. Click “Cancel” to return to the previous screen.
    • Click on the button “Assessments History” at the top of the screen. Find your specialist “Supervisor” name, click on that, and then select the tab “Supervisor” that populates in the new screen to see your faculty supervisor’s CPAST scores.