General Information: Student Teaching is the culminating field experience of the ECE, CED, and ECC programs. Student teaching must be completed through SUNY Cortland at one of the approved student teaching sites.

Student Teaching is typically done the semester following the Practicum. If a delay is necessary, the candidate should consult with their advisor to revise the degree plan and complete a Delay of Student Teaching form.

Student Teaching Centers: Student teachers at SUNY Cortland are placed in one of a variety of Student Teaching Centers throughout New York State. Supervisors are employed faculty and staff of SUNY Cortland and are trained in accordance with New York State Certification requirements. Groups of student teachers will complete their student teaching within center regions and will attend seminars on a regular basis during student teaching. Student teachers will remain in the same center with the same supervisors for both student teaching quarters.

Student Teaching Geographic Centers are as follows:

Albany
Auburn
Binghamton
Buffalo
Corning-Horseheads
Cortland
Ithaca
London, England
Long Island
New York City
Norwich/Greene
Rochester
Syracuse & North Syracuse
Utica-Rome

Grade level Placements: Childhood Education (CED) candidates will complete two placements, one at the primary level (grades 1- 3) and one at the intermediate level (grades 4-6). Each of these placements will typically be at different school, but in the same geographic region.

Early Childhood Education (ECE and ECC) candidates will complete two placements at different age levels and in different programs or school. One will be with children from birth through PreK, and one will be in an elementary school setting with children from Kindergarten through second grade.

To meet New York State requirements, at least one school in which a candidate is placed for student teaching must be designated as "high need." High need schools in our area are in both urban and rural areas settings.

Practicum Teachers and Student Teaching: It is possible for candidates to be placed for student teaching with the teacher with whom they did their practicum experiences. However, both the candidate and the host teacher must agree to this arrangement. In order to request a student teaching placement with their practicum host teacher, candidates and their host teachers must complete the specified forms distributed with the application for student teaching.

Applying for Student Teaching: Candidates must attend a Practicum meeting (even if not enrolled in EDU 477 Practicum) held the second week of the semester prior to student teaching. At this meeting, the application process will be explained and applications for student teaching will be distributed. All materials must be submitted to the Undergraduate Advisement Office by the due date, usually the fourth week of the semester. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Candidates must meet all eligibility requirements for student teaching at the time of application. This date occurs about the fourth week of each semester. Students who are not eligible must reapply for student teaching during the semester that eligibility is obtained. This means that student teaching eligibility requirements must be met one full semester before student teaching.

We encourage candidates to review their student teaching eligibility before application. Students who feel they will not be eligible at the time of application should work with their advisor to revise their degree plan. A thorough degree plan audit will be made at the time of student teaching application.

Student Teaching Eligibility Requirements: Eligibility requirements at time of application are:

- No outstanding incompletes.
- 2.5 overall GPA for course work at Cortland
- 2.5 overall GPA in major courses
- 2.0 overall GPA in minor courses
- C- or higher grade in each pedagogy (major) course
- Completion of the Child Abuse Recognition and School Violence Prevention Workshops
- "Good Standing" status (e.g., not on academic probation), including professional deportment and positive review according to college-wide requirements of moral character
- Successful completion of all required pedagogy (major) courses (except EDU 400 which may be taken after student teaching). Students may be enrolled in some of these courses at the time of application but must successfully complete them before student teaching.

Students must maintain their eligibility throughout the semester prior to student teaching. Students who become ineligible during this semester will lose their student teaching placement. Summer or intersession courses may not be used to regain eligibility for the following semester.

Students who are ineligible on the application date or become ineligible during the semester prior to student teaching must reapply during the next application cycle. Students are advised to re-take courses to raise their GPA and consult with their advisor for alternatives.

Receiving Student Teaching Placements and Supervisor Assignments: Candidates will receive their student teaching placements at the placement information meeting held during the second half of the semester prior to student teaching. Dates for when student teaching placements will be distributed will be announced and posted throughout the Van Hoesen/Cornish complex.

Supervisors are the course instructors for student teaching, and at this initial meeting, they will communicate expectations for student teacher performance and evaluation. These initial meetings are mandatory and candidates risk losing their student teaching placements if they do not attend this meeting.

Student teachers may be asked to purchase and use one or more texts for the student teaching seminar (EDU 492 or ECE 492), which provides relevant forms for use in student teaching.

Supervisors will determine the final grade in student teaching, Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.

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