Student Teaching Admission Requirements

Student Teaching Admission Requirements

Student Teaching Admission Requirements checklist

Program Admission

• Candidates must be admitted to the Teacher Education program

Courses

• Candidates must successfully complete (no grade lower than a "C") of all applicable professional education and teaching methods major/minor courses. 

If planning to student teach in the fall semester, these requirements must be met by the summer grade posting date.  If planning to student teach in the spring semester, these requirements must be met by the fall grade posting date.

Grade Point Average (GPA)

• Candidates must attain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or 2.75 base on your last 60 hours of college coursework
• Candidates must attain a GPA of 2.75 in coursework completed in your content field(s) or meet departmental grade point average requirements (major GPA).
• Candidates must attain a GPA of 2.75 in SPED minor coursework (if applicable)

Requirements you should anticipate completing for student teaching

• National background check OR Kansas teaching license - Submit or confirm that you have submitted (via Sonia) verification of having a clear National background check from within the last 4 years or verification of having a current/valid Kansas teaching license
• Negative TB Verification - Submit or confirm that you have submitted (via Sonia) verification of having a negative TB test within the last 4 years
• Professional liability insurance coverage - Submit or confirm that you have submitted (via Sonia) verification of having active professional liability insurance
• Successful completion of the Code of Conduct/Ethics module
• Completion and submission of other required forms (via Sonia)

Information for how/when to complete this group of requirements will be provided in your Sonia account. Once submitted, your TB and background check verifications will remain in Sonia and be considered valid by the FHSU College of Education for 4 years. 

Other Information

• Candidates must meet dispositional requirements of Policy G.1a - Disposition Assessment of Initial and Advanced Candidates. You will be notified by a representative of the College of Education if you do not meet this requirement.
• Successful completion of a Code of Conduct/Ethics module -  This requirement will be completed as a placement group requirement and will not be part of the application process.
• Approval for admission to student teaching by the Council on Preparation of Teachers and School Personnel - Once you have completed ALL student teaching admission requirements, you will be considered for official student teaching admission.  You will be notified via your FHSU email address once you have been officially admitted.
• If a candidate enters student teaching and does not fulfill student teaching requirements, before being placed for a second student teaching experience, they must:
  • Submit letter to Director of Field Experiences with new request and explanation of circumstances leading to the request for a new placement
  • Meet with the new potential district prior to placement confirmation
• Candidates will only be allowed to repeat student teaching once. If not successful, they will not have the opportunity to complete it a third time without approval from the Dean of Education.

Visit the Initial Program Admissions page if you would like to find additional information pertaining to student teaching admission requirements, as well as links for all available applications.