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Student Teaching

Application Procedures

  • Elementary Education: Degree-seeking and certification-only students.
  • Secondary Education: School of Education degree-seeking majors and all certification-only majors.
  • Secondary Education: School of Arts and Sciences or School of Visual and Performing Arts degree-seeking majors.

All students expecting to student teach must schedule an appointment and file a completed application in The Office of Student Teaching (Neff Hall, Room 243) one year before they plan to student teach. Appointments are available between September through November for students who plan to student teach in the Fall semester, or January through March for students who plan to student teach in the Spring semester. Late applications cannot be accepted. Your student teaching will be delayed if you miss the application deadline. Please do not submit an application unless you actually intend to complete your student teaching during the coming school year.

Exact dates are available by contacting by The Office of Student Teaching (Neff Hall, Room 243, 260-481-6457).

Elementary Education: Degree-seeking and certification-only

  • Download the Student Teaching Application one year before you intend to student teach. Download the application.

  • Send Limited Criminal History request form to the State of Indiana (Fort Wayne Police Department is not sufficient). Forms are available in Neff Hall, Room 243 or online at http://www.in.gov/isp/lch Teaching requests cannot be sent to schools without an LCH form from the state. Another form may be requested by the school prior to student teaching. If you have lived outside of Indiana in the past year you will also need to obtain a Limited Criminal History from your state of residency as well.

  • Complete course planning sheet (page two), in coordination with your academic advisor, showing required coursework needed prior to student teaching. This procedure includes admittance to the teacher education program, posting an overall GPA of 2.5 or above, a GPA of 2.5 or higher in Professional Education Courses, and completion of required methods and lab/field experience courses. The final requirement sheet (page three) will be completed by the Director of Field Services.
  • Select school corporations for your student teaching placement from the approved school corporation list at http://www.ipfw.edu/educ/students/student/faq.shtml. **If choosing Northwest or Southwest Allen County Schools you must have an overall GPA of 3.0 and submit an unofficial transcript from KT 107 (NOT OASIS) with your application.

     

  • TYPE and provide ONE full copy of pages 1-8 and FOUR copies of the Student Teacher Information Form (pages six, seven and eight) as these pages are sent to your requested school corporation(s).
  • Make placement request appointment with Director of Student Teaching (Neff Hall, Room 243, 481-6457) to submit completed application and verified Limited Criminal History (LCH) Form before the published deadline.

**Please do not make formal contact with any teacher or administrator of a school system without the permission of The Office of Student Teaching.

IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University.