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{ Approval to Student Teach }

Applications for approval for student teaching and all supporting documentation must be submitted to the Educational Studies Office on or before the last day of classes before the mid-semester break in the semester prior to student teaching. The following documentation must be presented to the department at that time.

  • Previous admission to the teacher education program.

  • Application for Approval to Student Teach with all required signatures.

  • A transcript showing an overall GPA of 2.75 or better, including all transfer course work.  A minimum grade of C- must be achieved for all course work in the teaching major, teaching minor and professional education sequence.

  • Successful completion of 100 hours of clinical experience, including the 30-hour “Human Relations ” clinical experience.

  • Endorsement for student teaching by the cooperating teacher and college supervisor of the EDU 320 Clinical Block experience.

  • Satisfactory evaluation of teaching dispositions by a) a Ripon College faculty member from the academic major/minor  b) the 320 cooperating teacher and c) a member of the Educational Studies faculty.

  • A criminal background check that would qualify the student for licensure.

  • Passing score/s on the appropriate Praxis II Content Knowledge exam/s.

  • Application for Ninth Semester Tuition Reduction, if appropriate.

  • Application for Teach Chicago!, international student teaching or Navajo Student Teaching Experience (pending faculty approval) as appropriate.

  • Submission of the Professional Development Portfolio for its second review.

 

Policy Regarding the Timing of Student Teaching

Student teaching normally will take place during the eighth or ninth semester of a student’s undergraduate program. Students must have senior status (93 credits completed) or equivalent to qualify for student teaching. Students may not take more than one semester off between completion of course work and student teaching. A lengthier deferral may be granted for the following reasons: military service, Peace Corps duty or similar social service work. Students must secure prior approval for such a department by submitting a request signed by their educational studies adviser before the beginning of the deferment period.