Field experience & student teaching
Students pursuing education certification will get field experience.
This includes time you’ll spend observing classrooms, helping cooperating teachers and working one-on-one with students.
Requirements
Field experience
Field experience will require background clearance. This is completed through the Family Care Safety Registry . There are certain criminal activities that can prevent you from being certified in the state of Missouri. If you have concerns, contact the Education Department at EducatorPrep@CCIS.edu for a confidential meeting.
Students in field experience courses are encouraged to have personal liability insurance. Students who are members of a professional association, including the Student MSTA or Student MNEA, may receive personal liability insurance as a benefit.
Student teaching
Field experience culminates with student teaching where you’ll spend 16 weeks in the classroom with the goal of assuming all responsibilities of a classroom teacher for at least 15 consecutive days. In order to be considered for student teaching, students must submit several documents and verifications including:
- Letter of Intent
- Student Teaching Application form
- Coursework completion plan
- Student Profile
- Resume
- MoCA (attempted by Student Teaching Application deadline date; passing score required by April 30 for fall student teaching or November 30 for spring student teaching) Missouri Content Assessment
Other items required prior to approval to register for the student teaching course are:
- Meet professional education and content area GPA requirements (3.0)
- Valid Substitute teaching certificate (substitute teaching certificate )
- Valid fingerprinting background clearance (background and fingerprinting check through DESE )
- Synthesis paper (completed in EDUC 400)
- Completion of all professional education and content area courses
View the Student Teacher Checklist
Other documents are available in the content tabs of CougarTeach.