{"id":37,"date":"2013-01-24T21:09:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T21:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/sthandbook\/stpolicies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:49:58","slug":"stpolicies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/stpolicies\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Teaching Policies and Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>In this section of the handbook, you will find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#genpol\">General Policies and Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nondiscrimination\/\">Nondiscrimination Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#stproblems\">Procedures for Dealing with a Student Teacher Experiencing Problems<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#STCC\">Student Teacher Concern Communication Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#STIDP\">Student Teacher Individual Development Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#unsuccess\">Unsuccessful Student Teaching and Recommendation for Licensure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"gold\"><a id=\"genpol\" name=\"genpol\"><\/a>General Policies<\/h3>\n<p>The following policies and procedures shall apply to student teaching:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cooperating teachers must hold a continuing license in the field and at the level in which they supervise and have at least three years teaching experience.<\/li>\n<li>A student teacher shall, during the course of the student teaching experience, be familiarized with and given an opportunity to participate in duties and activities related to the teaching experience, including primary responsibility for substantial classroom instruction, related preparation and evaluation.<\/li>\n<li>A student teacher shall not act as a substitute teacher in the district or act as a replacement for a school employee.<\/li>\n<li>While serving as a student teacher in the district, the St. Olaf student shall:\n<ul>\n<li>Follow all reasonable directives of administrative and supervisory personnel<\/li>\n<li>Follow all school district rules, regulations, policies and directives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A student teacher may be suspended immediately for any of the following grounds:\n<ul>\n<li>Immoral conduct or insubordination<\/li>\n<li>Failure without justifiable cause to perform assigned duties<\/li>\n<li>Gross inefficiency, incompetence, or incompatibility<\/li>\n<li>Willful neglect of duty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Termination of student teaching by the university may be made upon request of the student teacher and\/or the college supervisor.<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota statutory provisions, applicable to public school districts, provide that student teachers shall be deemed employees of the public school district in which they are rendering services for purposes of worker&#8217;s compensation.\u00a0 Liability insurance is provided for other district employees in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 23.41, and legal counsel in accordance with the provision of Minnesota Statutes, Section 127.03.<\/li>\n<li>In the event of a district-wide work stoppage, student teachers will not report to their assigned schools.\u00a0 Under no circumstances are they to cross picket lines or participate.\u00a0 Communication should take place between the school staff and the Director of Field Experiences or the college supervisor.\u00a0 Student teachers are not to be used as substitutes during the strike period.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong><a id=\"#nondiscrimination\"><\/a>Nondiscrimination Policy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>St. Olaf College prohibits all forms of unlawful discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Director of Equal Opportunity. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nondiscrimination\/\">https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nondiscrimination\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"gold\"><strong><a id=\"stproblems\" name=\"stproblems\"><\/a>Procedure for Dealing with a Student Teacher Experiencing Problems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>During the student teaching experience, difficulties may arise.\u00a0 Most difficulties can be resolved through the normal conferencing process, but the following measures are in place for other situations.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"STCC\" name=\"STCC\"><\/a>Student Teacher Concern Communication Form.<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/files\/2013\/03\/Student-Teacher-Concern-Communication-Form.doc\">Student Teacher Concern Communication Form<\/a> is a tool that should be utilized at the earliest sign of concern.\u00a0 The host teacher and college supervisor will complete this form.\u00a0 Then they will meet with the student teacher to discuss the concerns outlined in the form.\u00a0 Suggestions and recommendations will be made. A copy of the Student Teacher Concern Communication Form will be given to the Director of Field Experiences.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"STIDP\" name=\"STIDP\"><\/a>Student Teacher-Individual Development Plan (ST-IDP)<\/h4>\n<p>If difficulties continue, a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/files\/2014\/02\/ST-Individual-Development-Plan.doc\">ST-Individual Development Plan<\/a> is necessary.\u00a0 A special conference involving the student teacher, cooperating teacher, and college supervisor will be called to discuss the situation and develop a plan of action. At the conference, they will complete a ST-IDP that outlines area(s) of concern, personal objectives, steps\/activities to work toward\/achieve objectives, indicators of success, and a plan for review. \u00a0The ST-IDP will be filed appropriately, and a copy of the ST-IDP will be given to the Director of Field Experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ST-IDP Review. <\/strong>On the planned review date (usually a week or two after the ST-IDP was created), the designated attendees will review the student teacher\u2019s progress on the ST-IDP goals.\u00a0 The supervisors will determine if the student teacher successfully met the goals outlined in the ST-IDP.\u00a0 If the student is successful in completing the ST-IDP, then he\/she can continue in the student teaching program.\u00a0 If the student is unsuccessful in completing the ST-IDP, one of the following will happen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the ST-IDP may be revised or extended.<\/li>\n<li>a meeting involving the student teacher, college supervisor, and Director of Field Experiences will be called.\u00a0 Possible actions to be taken by the Director of Field Experiences include:\n<ul>\n<li>removal of the student teacher from the student teaching placement;<\/li>\n<li>reassignment of the student teacher to a new student teaching placement;<\/li>\n<li>recommendation to student to discontinue pursuing teaching licensure;<\/li>\n<li>establishment of appropriate developmental activities for success of the student in the student teaching experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this point, the student may choose to withdraw from the program.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"unsuccess\" name=\"unsuccess\"><\/a>Unsuccessful Student Teaching and Recommendation for Licensure<\/h3>\n<p>Students may fail student teaching if they are unsuccessful in completing their ST-IDP, if their host site removes them from their placement, or for other reasons involving unprofessional behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Unsuccessful student teaching may result in the loss of academic credit (potentially affecting completion of graduation requirements for undergraduates), tuition and fees, financial aid, and health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Completion of student teaching does not guarantee recommendation for a teaching license.<\/p>\n<p>A student may have to successfully complete a second student teaching experience in order to be recommended for a teaching license.\u00a0 A student requesting to student teach a second time must receive approval from the Director of Field Experiences and the Department Chair.\u00a0 In some instances, a student may not be allowed to student teach a second time.<\/p>\n<p>In a case where a student teacher receives low ratings on the Final Assessment Form completed by his\/her supervisors or earns a grade lower than a B for student teaching, the Director of Field Experiences and Director of Assessment will obtain input from all supervisors and then determine whether the student teacher will be recommended for a teaching license.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revised July 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4418,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}