Student Teaching Options

Student Teaching is required for all areas of teacher certification. Therefore, a student teaching experience is built into all undergraduate and postbaccalaureate teacher certification programs. While most students will complete traditional student teaching as part of their program, occasionally a student will qualify for credit for student teaching utilizing a more "non-traditional" method. Below are your options regarding student teaching.

Traditional Student Teaching

  • This option consists of 10-12 credit hours of regular student teaching, and is the route that most undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students will take.

Student Teaching as Teacher of Record

  • This option is available to both undergraduates and postbaccalaureate students. It allows a student to begin teaching on a Provisional Teaching Certificate AND complete student teaching at the same time in one semester. This also requires additional supervision by the School District and is not always approved.