Step 3: Review Timeline

Placement Timeline

• Fall Student Teaching & Internships

  Fall: Estimated Timeline

  Your experience may differ, but here is a brief outline of the Student Teaching placement process.

  February	Apply for Clinical Teaching: February 1 - 15.
  March	Applications are reviewed for eligibility.
  April	Placement requests are distributed to school districts. Class Registration opens.
  May - July	Districts communicate with the Office of Educator Preparation. Background checks are distributed to most Student Teachers, depending on the district.
  August	Student Teaching Faculty host mandatory meetings with their Student Teachers. Districts host mandatory Student Teaching Orientations. Student Teaching Faculty distribute finalized placements to Student Teachers.

• Spring Student Teaching & Internships

  Spring: Estimated Timeline

  Your experience may differ, but here is a brief outline of the Student Teaching placement process.

  September	Apply for Clinical Teaching: September 1 - 15.
  September/October	Applications are reviewed for eligibility.
  October-December	Placement requests are distributed to school districts. Class Registration opens. Districts communicate with the Office of Educator Preparation. Background checks are distributed to most Student Teachers, depending on the district. Districts host mandatory Student Teaching orientations.
  Late Dec - Early Jan	The university and schools are closed for the holiday.
  January	Student Teaching Faculty host mandatory meetings with their Student Teachers. Districts host mandatory Student Teaching orientations. Student Teaching Faculty distribute finalized placements to Student Teachers.