Directions for Completing Student Teaching Application Special Education (sped 4750)



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Directions for Completing Student Teaching Application

Special Education (SPED 4750)



  1. PREREQUISITES: You must complete all prerequisites for student teaching before the semester of your placement. After submitting your application, you will receive a status notice about your application via AU email. Read the status notice carefully for requirements and due dates.

  2. COMPLETE APPLICATION: Fully complete the attached application. There are two parts to the application. The “Student Teaching Field Experiences Application” is used by the Field Experience Office to determine a placement site. The “Student Teaching Candidate Information Form” is sent to the school district to assist in the placement decision. . PROOFREAD AND USE PROFESSIONAL GRAMMAR AND SPELLING. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS READ YOUR CANDIDATE INFORMATION FORM TO LEARN ABOUT YOU. MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION! DISTRICTS DECLINE PLACEMENTS DUE TO POOR PROFESSIONAL WRITING. Need help? http://aurora.edu/academics/resources/academic-support-center/index.html

  3. KEEP A COPY: Save this file to your computer as an MS Word document. Keep a copy of the Teaching Candidate Information Form to share with the cooperating teacher you are placed with.

  4. REVIEW CAREFULLY: Review your application for accuracy. Incomplete or incorrect applications will be returned.

  5. SUBMIT: Using your Aurora University email account, send the fully completed form as an attachment to coefield@aurora.edu. Paper copies will not be accepted.

  6. KEEP CONFIRMATION: When your email is sent to coefield@aurora.edu, an automated confirmation of your email should be returned to you. The system sends only one confirmation if you submit multiple emails in a 7-day period. Save this confirmation and your sent email. Do not call or email to confirm receipt of your application at this time.

  7. ENROLL: Enroll in the Moodle information board “Professional Educator Initial Licensure Program: General Placements & Field Experiences Information Board” (http://moodle.aurora.edu/moodle/). Joining this board allows you to receive notices when status notices, placement notices, and other important documents affecting your placement are issued. It also provides information on completing your placement requirements.

  8. LIKE” our Facebook page at “Aurora University School of Education Field Experiences”.




  1. WATCH YOUR EMAIL: Be sure your AU email account is functioning. All placement correspondence will be sent to your AU email ONLY! Emails may be from coefield@aurora.edu, coeplace@aurora.edu, kwarren@aurora.edu, & cwillman@aurora.edu.

  2. PLACEMENT NOTICE AND ORIENTATION: Shortly before your placement begins you will be expected to attend a mandatory orientation event. Notice of these events will be posted to Moodle. You can also watch Moodle to see when you can expect to receive a placement notice.

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  • Requirements before the semester of student teaching include: passing State Content tests, Physical/TB test (within 90 days of placement start – date range will be provided), fingerprinting (per district requirement) and completing DCFS Mandated Reporter training. Complete information is available on Moodle at “Professional Educator Initial Licensure Program: General Placements & Field Experiences Information Board”.

  • There is a student teaching fee assessed in addition to the tuition fees. The amount of the fee is posted on the class schedule.

  • Submitting this application does NOT register you for the course. Be sure to register as well.

  • Your submission of a field experience application does not guarantee a placement. Placements are made at the discretion of Aurora University and the area school districts.

  • Teacher candidates may not approach school district personnel to seek a placement.

  • All placements must be in a 30 mile radius of Aurora University. Placements can be up to a 1 hour commute from the Aurora University Campus.

If you have any questions about completing the application, contact the Office of Field Experiences at:

Aurora University

School of Education, ATTN: Office of Field Experiences

Phone: 630/844-4642s Fax: 630/844-6138



Email: coefield@aurora.edu

AURORA UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM



16-Week STUDENT TEACHING FIELD EXPERIENCES APPLICATION

(SPED 4750 Two 8-week placements)
Degree: BASE _____ Major: Special Education
Semester Requested: Fall 20___ OR Spring 20 ___

My typed name below authorizes the university to use its discretion in providing a copy of my transcript(s) or fingerprint information to schools in order to assist in the placement process. I further understand that it is my responsibility to know and meet all prerequisites for student teaching and that final assignment is contingent upon my fulfilling this responsibility.
Candidate Name: Student ID#:
*Address/City/State/Zip:


Home Phone #:
Cell Phone #:
E-mail: @aurora.edu
*Please be sure to list the address you will be living at while student teaching!
All placements must be in a 30 mile radius of Aurora University. Placements can be up to a 1 hour commute from the Aurora University Campus

If semester, contact information, or living arrangements change, please submit an updated application reflecting all changes to the Office of Field Experiences at coefield@aurora.edu (This includes name changes).
You will complete two eight-week sessions, one setting with young children [K-5] and one setting with older children [6-12 grade].
AURORA UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

16-Week STUDENT TEACHING FIELD EXPERIENCES APPLICATION

(SPED 4750 Two 8-week placements)
Aurora University has partnerships with area schools that have bilingual classrooms. If qualified, please indicate your interest in a bilingual setting, indicating the language and whether you speak, read and/or write the language.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



General Information:
1. You are responsible for your own transportation to the school where you are completing a field experience. ***All placements must be within a 30 mile radius of Aurora University. Placements can be up to a 1 hour commute from the Aurora University Campus.*** Please indicate any concerns about transportation.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2. List any special circumstances to inform the Office of Field Experiences (i.e., health problems, placement requests):

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3. Please indicate any area schools where you have children attending or relatives working: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Please indicate the high school from which you graduated, including city and state:

______________________________________________________________________________________


5. List any school districts in which you have:

____ volunteered_______________________ Possible placement site? ____yes ____no

____ subbed__________________________ Possible placement site? ____yes ____ no

____ worked __________________________ Possible placement site? ____yes ____ no


Remember to email this application as an attachment to coefield@aurora.edu.

AURORA UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
16-Week STUDENT TEACHING CANDIDATE INFORMATION FORM

(SPED 4750)
Check One: ____ BASE (Undergraduate) Major: Special Education
Candidate Name:  Student ID#:
Address/City/State/Zip:


Home Phone #:
Cell Phone #:
E-mail: @aurora.edu

CLINICAL EXPERIENCES: Describe the nature of your clinical experiences including your responsibilities, subjects taught, extent of your involvement, the activities engaged in, etc. If you had any Methods experience(s) please indicate the District, School, Grade Level and name of the Cooperating Teacher. You can also describe your tutoring practicum experience or clinical immersion experience in this area.

AURORA UNIVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM


16-Week STUDENT TEACHING CANDIDATE INFORMATION FORM

(SPED 4750)
Candidate Name: _________________________________

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCES: Describe other related experiences you have had with children. This might include religious education, scouting, camping programs, park district programs, or other volunteer activities with children.

SPECIAL SKILLS/INTERESTS: Describe what special interests and/or special skills you have which might improve your teaching ability or enhance your involvement with children. This might include skills in art, music, sports, languages other than English, etc. For applicants indicating a language, please indicate whether you can speak, read and/or write in this language.


EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY: In 2 pages or less, please describe your educational philosophy, with special emphasis on your views of the processes of teaching and learning, child development, the role of teachers, or other topics pertaining to teaching. You may choose to use a condensed version of the statement that you created and placed in LiveText.


Remember to email this information form as an attachment to coefield@aurora.edu.

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