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St. Cloud State University

SCSU Common Market Student Teaching Guidelines

Limited student teaching opportunities may be available at another Minnesota State University - Bemidji, Mankato, Moorhead, Southwest or Winona. Students with extenuating professional/ personal reasons may request placement with another state university. A student making such a request would be placed in a school system which cooperates with the host university, if the student teaching dates will allow and if there is space available.

  1. You will need to be flexible to follow the host university's calendar, procedures policies and credit requirements related to the placement and student teaching.

  2. You need to submit two copies of the passport form (both sides) and two copies of the request form (use black ink) Common Market Application Form. Submit three copies each of all other parts of the Common Market application to the Office of Clinical Experiences (EB B120). The course information form must be typed or word processed, using the same format.

  3. The Common Market Passport (get a copy in Records and Registration office) is your registration for student teaching; you will not register for student teaching at St. Cloud State. The host university will send you a tuition statement; payment will be made to the host university. If you are receiving financial aid, take care of the arrangements with SCSU before you leave.

  4. The host university will mail the placement information to you at least a month before the beginning of your student teaching experience. It is very important that you contact your teacher by phone within a few days after you receive the placement. You need to schedule a time to meet the cooperating prior to the beginning of the student teaching experience. The host university will notify our office if your placement cannot be made and we will contact you.

  5. A supervisor will be assigned to you by the host university. It is very important to keep our office and the host university placement office updated with address or phone number changes.

  6. You will need to follow the credit policy/number of weeks of student teaching available at the host university. Credits must equal or exceed the number of credits required at SCSU. Credits earned at the host university will appear on your St. Cloud State transcript.

  7. It is your responsibility to attend a licensure information meeting at SCSU on the first day of the term prior to the term you student teach.

  8. The final evaluation of student teaching will be returned to our Clinical Experiences Office.

Updated 6/09