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College of Education, Health and Human Development
Spring/Fall/Summer Student Teaching Application Instructions
An Overview
Filling out the application
- Neatness does count. Prepare the application sections as if you were applying for a job.
- Make disk copies and hard copies of everything. If you must do any part of this application over, you will be able to edit easily because you saved.
- Do not staple any part of the application together. Paper clips are available in my office to paper clip your pages together.
- Do not wait until the last day to obtain your advisors signature on the approval page. You will need a signature(s) from your major(s) and/or minor(s) advisor(s), which means if you do not make provisions ahead of time to meet with your advisor(s), you will be late applying and may miss out on the placement you really want.
- Check spelling and grammar and content throughout your application, especially the essay portion.
Application Sections
Read carefully to find out where each section is located, how to assemble each section and when each section is due.(FPC CALENDAR)
- Approval page
- Fingerprints
- Essay
- Special request letter
- Resume
- Grades form
- CPR/1st Aid
- Liability Insurance
Fingerprinting/Criminal Check
Required by all Montana Universities as of Spring 2002
University Police
- Pick up a fingerprint card in 247 Reid Hall
- Call University Police, 994-2121, to see if an officer is available to take your fingerprints.
(University Police is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.)
- Take card and drivers license to University Police, corner of Kagy and 7th Ave.
- Pay $5.00 fee to University Police to have fingerprints taken
- Return fingerprinted card to Reid 247
- Write check for $29.25 payable to Criminal Records to pay for your background check
- Sign Consent and Release form
Law and Justice Center
- Pick up a fingerprint card in 247 Reid Hall
- Call Law and Justice Center Detention Center at 582-2134 for the hours and days fingerprinting is done
- Hours and days change, so this phone call is important if you do not want to make a wasted trip
- Take card and drivers license to 611 South 16th
- Fingerprinting building is next to Law and Justice Center
- Pay $10.00 fee tohave fingerprints taken
- Check or money order: make payable to Gallatin County Treasurer
- Cash: bring exact change
- Return fingerprinted card to Reid 247
- Write out a check for $29.25 to Criminal Records to pay for your background check
- Sign Consent and Release form.
Approval Page
This is the page that contains the information necessary for us to place you in a setting that will make it the most meaningful experience.
- Complete approval page
- Type in all information asked for on approval page
- Print completed approval page
- Have your advisor(s) sign the approval page; PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SUBMIT THE APPROVAL PAGE WITHOUT AN ADVISOR(S) SIGNATURE
- You sign the approval page
- Make a copy for your records
- Bring original to 247 Reid Hall by due date.(FPC CALENDAR)
Grades Form
Information for administrators, teachers and supervisors
- To Complete grades form
- go to http://www.montana.edu/ehhd/fpcert/tepp.html
- Scroll down to Helpful Links, under Helpful Links, click on Teacher Education Programs
- scroll down to TEPP Forms by Catalog Year: save a copy to your computer for editing *you will need Microsoft Word on a PC to view these files
- Under Majors, find the year you entered the university and click on your major(s) and/or minor(s) under that particular year
- Fill out only the 2 pages that show your grades – REMEMBER, ONLY 2 PAGES. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY PAGES BUT THE 2 PAGES WITH GRADES. NO SIGNATURES ARE NECESSARY.
- At the top of the first page of grades, fill out your name ONLY! No other information is needed on this form
- Type in grades for courses in the “Gr” (Grade) column
- Typein courses that have been substituted for courses listed on the grade form in the “Transfer and Substitution Courses” column
- For courses you will take in the future, type the following: F08 (ie. Fall 2008), S09 (ie. Spring 2009), M09 (ie. Summer 2009), etc. in the appropriate column.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GRADE OR A SUBSTITUTION OR AN ASTERISK(S)
TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY COURSE YOU NEEDED TO TAKE ON THE FORM
- Save the grade form to your computer or to a disk
- Print the grade form
- Bring original to 247 Reid Hal.(FPC CALENDAR)
- Keep the copy for your records
Checklist
Assesses your readiness to student teach.
- When we receive your approval page, we will generate a checklist which will assess your readiness to student teach. This will allow plenty of time to clear up any loose ends that could delay or prevent you from student teaching.
- We will email you as soon as we have completed your checklist.
- Immediately upon receiving the email, stop by 247 Reidto go over the checklist.
Special Request Letter
An explanation of why you need or want to be placed in a particular area.
- Letter does not need to be formal or addressed to anyone in particular.
- Save the special request letter to your computer or disk
- Print and make a copy of the spcial request letter
- Bring one original to 247 Reid Hall.
- Keep one copy for your records.
Resume
A resume is a means of summing up your goals and your abilities.
- Attend a Career Services resume workshop.
- Makean appointment at Career Services with a Career Peer.
- Makean appointment at Career Services with a Career Counselor.
- Read books on resume writing
- 101 Grade A Resumes for Teachers by Rebecca Anthony and Gerald Roe
- Resumes for Education Careers by the editors of VGM Career Horizo
- Save the resume on your computer or to a disk
- Print resume
- Bring original to 247 Reid Hall.(FPC CALENDAR)
- Keep copy for your records
DO NOT USE FANCY/COLORED PAPER FOR YOUR RESUME.
ORDINARY, PLAIN WHITE PAPER IS WHAT WORKS BEST FOR OUR PURPOSES.
DO NOT INCLUDE A COVER LETTER WITH YOUR STUDENT
TEACHING APPLICATION RESUME.
Essay
A written word giving administrators and teachers a peek at the kind of person you are and how well you write!
- Subject and Instruction
- Type a two-page (double spaced) autobiographical essay on how your life experiences have contributed to your decision to become a teacher and how your experiences have prepared you to become a teacher. Please be specific in describing the nature and duration of your experiences and how they contribute toward a teaching career.
- Save the essay on your computer or to a disk
- Print essay
- Make copy of essay
- Bringoriginal to 247 Reid Hall. (See FPC CALENDAR)
- Keep copy for your records
Placement Seminar
This is when you get all the information you will need for your student teaching experience.
(see FPC CALENDAR)
THIS IS A MANDATORY MEETING
Please find a babysitter.
Please find someone to work for you.
PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF 247 REID HALL,
TO KEEP UP ON CHANGES IN DATE, TIME, AND/OR LOCATION.
Group Meetings
Informative sessions about your student teaching placement.(see FPC CALENDAR)
- Sign up for one of the five (5) meetings that best meets your schedule
- Sign up at application seminar or
- Sign up on door of 247 Reid Hall
THIS IS A MANDATORY MEETING
Please find a babysitter.
Please find someone to work for you.
PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF 247 REID HALL,
TO KEEP UP ON CHANGES IN DATE, TIME, AND/OR LOCATION.
First Aid and CPR
MSU faculty and many school districts find First Aid and CPR to be an important certification when working with children and young adults in their schools.
TB Test
Sometimes required to student teach but always required to substitute teach
It is recommended that you have a TB test before you leave campus. Bozeman School District, Belgrade School District and many other districts require that you have a TB test that is one (1) year old or less before you can student teach. All school districts will require a TB test that is one (1) year old or less before you can substitute teach.
PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR TB TEST TO THE FIELD PLACEMENT OFFICE. KEEP IT HANDY SO YOU CAN PRESENT IT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE WHEREVER YOU ARE STUDENT TEACHING.
Liability Insurance
If you are supervising the playground and a student falls off a piece of playground equipment, you need liability insurance toprotect yourself from being sued.
You will be asked to show proof of liability insurance by the placement meeting which takes place Wednesday, November 5, 2008.
- Your parents may have liability insurance on you. Take a photocopy of the card and bring it to 247 Ried Hall for your file.
- You may have a personal liability insurance policy. Take a photocopy of the card and bring it to 247 Reid Hall fro your file.
- Youmay sign up for MEA-MFT Student Membership. Bring a copy of the completed application or a copy of your membership card to 247 Reid Hall for your file.
Credential File
Career Services maintains credential files for students and alumni. These files are useful for employment within the field of education. Student teachers request letters of reference from faculty, cooperating teachers, university supervisors, and/or administrators to be sent to Career Services and housed in a file in the Career Services office and sent to respective employers at your request.
- Set up your credential file now! Don’t wait until you are finished student teaching
- Why? You have discovered an opportunity to apply for a job, maybe even your dream job! The superintendent asks to have a credential file sent to him/her. Unfortunately, you failed to set up your credential file and now you are scrambling to gather together the references, etc., that go into a credential file. You may no longer know how to contact people that would have given you a reference. Wouldn't it have been simpler if you had set up your credential file before you did your student teaching? Before you were offered that dream job?
DO NOT SEND REFERENCES TO THE FIELD PLACEMENT AND CERTIFICATION OFFICE!
Information on how to set up the credential file and how to have references added to the file is available on Career Services website
Fees
University Supervisor fees
If you plan on student teaching 50 miles outside the Bozeman area, you will be charged $150.00 on your schedule/bill ($125.00 for the University Supervisor plus $25.00 administrative costs – see below)*. However, the following fee waivers will be made:
- Health fee: This fee is not your insurance fee! You will still need to pay your insurance fee unless you had it waived because you have medical insurance through another source.
- Dental fee
- Activity fee
- Athletic fee
- Bus fee
These fees should not appear on your fee statement. To check out just how much money will be waived, go to one of the following internet addresses:
INTERNET ADDRESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE FEES
http://www.montana.edu/wwwcat/expenses/FeeUndergrad.html
INTERNET ADDRESS FOR GRADUATE FEES
http://www.montana.edu/wwwcat/expenses/FeeGrad.htm
*You will actually be billed $150.00 on your fee schedule. $125.00 goes towards your supervision fee and $25.00 goes towards administrative costs. The business office charges our office for administering our account, much like a bank charges for administering checking accounts, savings accounts, etc.
Out-of-state Student Teaching
Sorry! Extra work --------------------
- In addition to completing the Spring packet, complete the Out-of-State packet.
- Pick it up at the application seminar or in 247 Reid Hall.
Overseas Student Teaching
Student teaching in English speaking countries
- English speaking overseas student teachers will student teach through Bill Hall, Director for overseas student teaching in English speaking countries
- Pick-up an Overseas packet in 247 Reid Hall or at the Application Seminar
- Non-English speaking overseas student teachers will student teach through the Field Placement and Certification Office.
- You will attend all meetings and do all paperwork required of out-of-state student teachers.
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MEMO
TO: STUDENT TEACHER APPLICANTS
FROM: DR. ROBERT CLEMENS, DIRECTOR FIELD PLACEMENT AND CERTIFICATION
Welcome to your student teaching experience! This is your opportunity to develop practical skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will begin your professional career in education. This should be a nurturing and challenging assignment; take the initiative to make this a really meaningful learning experience! The following is a list of things you need to consider. Please read this list carefully.
- PREREQUISITES (requirements): You must meet and maintain the prerequisites for student teaching as outlined in your catalog. If you have not met these at the time placements are made, you will not receive a placement. If you do not maintain them, your placement will be canceled. The requirements include a minimum 2.5 GPA in core grades, cumulative grades, professional courses, majors, and minors. No grade lower than a in all professional, major, core, and/or minor courses.
- SCHEDULES FOR THE STUDENT TEACHING SEMESTER: The current configuration for the student teaching 16 week semester is 12 or 14 weeks of student teaching and for all, except summer semester and overseas student teachers, 1 week on campus during which time you will complete the Professional
Issues class. Summer and overseas will student teach 12 qweeks and complete Professional Issues online.
- PLACEMENT PREFERENCES: You must provide to us preferred grade level and geographical location. While many students get their first choices, we, more often than in the past, must resort to second or third choices due to unavailability of classrooms or teachers. If you have a change of preferences, please make the change on your student teaching application. You may update your application anytime up to the week before we mail out a request for a placement. Because MSU places EDCI 102 students and Paraprofessional internships within the area, the Bozeman area is very limited for student teaching placements. Hardship cases will be given priority.
-Out-of-state placement requests should have a minimum cum GPA of 3.0 and strong reasons to student teach out-of-state.
-Overseas placements should be worked out with Dr. Bill Hall.
- PLACEMENT POLICIES: Because of the large number of placements required within MSU’s Teacher Education Program, several important policies must be strictly followed.
-Do not contact teachers or administrators about a placement; this will disqualify you from the school district.
-Bozeman area includes all placements from Livingston to Three Forks. Billings area includes all schools within moderate driving distance. (Laurel, Shepherd, etc.
-We do not allow students to return to schools they formerly attended.
-Students are not placed in settings where they have had extended field experiences.
-You may not student teach in a small district or a school in which you have friends or relatives in professional or influential positions.
-You may request areas based upon future job possibilities, districts with strong educational programs, school size/location (rural, urban, minorities, etc.), and other reasons that may enhance your professional development.
-Student teachers may not take other classes while student teaching.
-Working at a part-time job while student teaching is discouraged. If it is absolutely necessary to work while student teaching, please keep your priorities straight.
- INTERVIEWS: Many schools now require an interview before allowing student teachers to practice in their classrooms. This would require a visit to the teaching site before you are accepted into that school district. We do not have a list of districts that require an interview. We only become aware of them when we inquire about your placement. If a district requires an interview, we will contact you.
- FEES: Student teachers placed within a 50-mile radius of MSU will not have to pay any additional student teaching fees.
If you plan on student teaching out-of-state, you will more than likely pay more than the $125.00 charged on your fee statement for a university supervisor. The going rate could be anywhere from $250 - $800. In some cases your cooperating teacher(s) will cost more than the $250.00 paid by the Department of Education for cooperating teacher(s). You will get a bill for any additional fees over the $125.00 university supervisors’ fee you are automatically billed for on your fee statement plus any additional amount over the $250.00 the Department of Education contributes toward the cooperating teacher(s) fee. However, you will receive fee waivers that total about $263.25. These waivers are the 1) health fee, 2) dental fee, 3) activity fee, 4) bus fee, 5) intramural fee and 6) athletic fee. Please see Bill Hall for overseas placement fees.
- PROBLEMS: Should a problem arise while you are student teaching, try to work it out in a professional manner with your cooperating teacher. If this does not bring resolution, consult your university supervisor. If you still need assistance, contact the director of Field Placement and Certification.
- PERSONAL DATA: PLEASE keep us informed of address and telephone number changes. Sometimes we need to confirm something, send additional information, or tell you about a terrific placement opportunity.
If you have questions, stop in 247 Reid Hall, call (406)994-4761 or e-mail jsb@montana.edu. We have a strong program here at MSU and great students. Many superintendents and principals have told me our students are well prepared and know how to teach. As most returning student teachers advise, “Be prepared to work hard but don’t forget to enjoy the experience!
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