5. Field HOURS from SPE 500, 572 and 576 will be uploaded into SONIA . Course instructors will provide the directions for uploading these hours. Other courses require fieldwork; however, hours do not have to be logged in SONIA. 6. FINGERPRINT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK - The school where the Student Teaching placement is made may require an additional Criminal Background Check be completed by a local police department. 7. TUBERCULOSIS TEST - A copy of this test should already have been submitted to the Office of Field Experiences. 8. A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION with the Department of Children and Family Services regarding the Mandated Reporter Training should already have been submitted. Student Teaching Field Experience Student Teaching is the culminating experience prior to licensure. Student teaching is a 10 week teaching commitment at an assigned school. The dates of Student Teaching depend on the school placement site. Candidates may start and end their experience before and/or after the official beginning and ending dates of courses on the National Louis University calendar. In addition, a required seminar will meet on designated days during the quarter on the NLU campus. If withdrawal from student teaching is needed, a written request stating reasons for this withdrawal is required. The request, stating reasons for withdrawal, must be submitted to the OFE, the university registrar, seminar instructor, the university supervisor, and to the principal at the school placement site and the cooperating teacher.
For further detail, see the handbook for (Special Education PII/ST Handbook).
SPE 592c: Important information See course shell and SPE 592c syllabus in D2L for details.
Substitute Teaching During SPE 592c The policy is in the OFE insert.
Attendance Policy during SPE 592c Candidates may not miss more than 3 days of classroom experience during student teaching . If candidates need to miss more than three days due to illness or family emergencies, then additional days equivalent to the days missed will be added on to the student teaching requirements.
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