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Student Teaching

Student Teaching is the senior internship and final field experience required for students seeking teacher certification at Saint Vincent College.  Following Pre-student teaching, Student Teaching is a full-time internship in a school.  Students work with a cooperating teaching in a school district every day for 14 weeks; therefore, students must have all their required undergraduate courses completed prior to student teaching.  Student teachers gain more classroom responsibilities and teaching time, including taking on a full teaching load.  The Student Teaching internship is also accompanied by a seminar class that meets once a week.  Student Teaching is one of the most beneficial field experiences for future teachers.  

Student teachers must have up-to-date clearances on file in the Education Office.  See Clearances.

Click here for Student Teaching Handbook.

Click here for ePortfolio Handbook.

CLICK HERE FOR STUDENT TEACHING OBSERVATION & EVALUATION FORMS
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COURSE OBJECTIVES FOR STUDENT TEACHING INTERNSHIP
The Student Teaching Internship or Student Teaching  is designed to provide:
·      The student teacher with the opportunity to work with experienced teachers and to participate in their professional activities;
·      The student teacher with the opportunity to teach early childhood, elementary, or secondary students under the guidance of
       qualified professional educator;

·      Resources and experiences not available to students within the college methods courses;
·      Professional skills and knowledge necessary for the development of role competencies and subsequent entry into the profession;
·      Learning opportunities to fulfill the requirements for Instructional I Certification by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

STUDENT TEACHING INTERNSHIP SEMESTER SCHEDULE
During the course of the student teaching experience (14 weeks), the student teacher will progressively increase his or her classroom responsibilities and teaching time, so that near the end of the student teaching experience, the student teacher will have assumed the equivalent of a full teaching load.  Student teachers are to follow the school district’s calendar once student teaching begins, and are not permitted to take other classes or accept substitute teaching positions during this semester.

STUDENT TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES
The student teacher must present all daily lesson plans to the cooperating teacher at least one day prior to teaching the assigned class. (Student teachers should use the Saint Vincent College Lesson Plan format, Appendix B.)  The student teacher may not teach without an approved lesson plan.  The cooperating teacher is advised not to allow the student teacher to move forward with the lesson without an approved lesson plan.  A repeated failure to present a lesson plan will result in withdrawal from student teaching.

A copy of the daily lesson plan, the textbook, and any supporting materials must be presented to the college supervisor, the cooperating teacher, or any school administrators who observe the class.  Student teacher competency will also be evaluated by the student’s abilities to demonstrate supervisory competencies in the following areas (as applicable): Home Room, Study Hall, Cafeteria, Detention, In-School Suspension, Bus Duty, Hall Duty, Field Trips, Laboratory Assignments, Computer Laboratory, Writing Laboratory, Tutoring, Playground/Recess-Duty, etc.  
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Saint Vincent College | 300 Fraser Purchase Road Latrobe, PA 15650-2690

CONTACT the education department

Main Office: Ground Floor Prep Hall
​(below the Library)

Phone: 724-805-2096
Assistant: joan.roach@stvincent.edu
Hours: 9am-5pm