Policies & Procedures
Student Teaching Policies
Additional Activity Guidelines
The following activity guidelines must be followed during the student teaching placement:
- A teacher candidate may not act as a paid substitute if the supervising teacher is absent. Teacher candidates may maintain leadership of the class if the supervising teacher is absent for a brief time and if the principal designates a teacher-in-charge who is an employee.
- Candidates are not employees of the school or under contract. They may not receive any payment from the school during the student teaching experience (this includes coaching or other extracurricular activities).
- Candidates may not take courses while student teaching, and are strongly discouraged from holding a job. (Exception: Students may take EDUC-M 202: Job Search Strategies for Educators while student teaching.)
- Candidates may not administer or witness corporal punishment.
- Candidates may not transport any student in their own vehicles.
- Candidates may not visit students in their homes or in private, except when accompanied by school personnel as part of an official school activity.
- Candidates should always confer with students in an open, visible, and easily accessible place.
- Candidates may not take any unsupervised responsibility for extracurricular events or activities, including school-sponsored trips.
