Adolescence Education, Music Education,Special Education & Teacher Education

Application Meeting for

Student Teaching

Introductions• Dr. Terri Ward, Interim Dean, School of Education

• Coordinators of Student Teaching Supervision

• Joseph Schaefer - Elementary Education (Childhood and Early Childhood) and Adolescence Education (BIO, CHM, ESC, ENG, MAT, SPA, Soc. St.)

• Jennifer Levesque - Special Education (All Special Education Programs)• Jennifer Campbell - Music Education (Instrumental & Vocal)

• Field Placement Office/Student Teaching Placements• Michael Richter – Field Placement Coordinator

Career Center

• Services:

• Credential File • Resume Critique

Location: St. Joseph Hall - 3rd FloorAddress: 432 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203Phone: 518-454-5141 Fax: 518-458-5330career@strose.edu www.strose.edu/careercenter

Resume

• Resume Critique: Career Center Monday February 18th - February 22nd

3rd floor of Saint Josephs Hall

• Resumes submitted through Chalk & Wire due on or before Friday February 22nd

Use your Saint Rose Email address • *No crazy email addresses

No crazy voicemail greetings

FingerprintingQ: How do I schedule a fingerprinting appointment?

A: Contact MorphoTrust by going to their website at www.identogo.comand clicking on New York State on the map, or calling (877) 472-6915.

https://www.strose.edu/academics/schools/school-of-education/field-placement-advisement/

APPLICANT FOR URLCertification https://uenroll.identogo.com/workflows/14ZGQT

APPLICANT FOR SERVICE CODECertification 14ZGQT

… Fingerprinting

Printing your Fingerprint page:

> Log on to TEACH (http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/) >> Inquiry Links > Account Information >>> Select Fingerprinting from the box and click “GO”

• We will be looking for the following statement "Your DCJS and FBI results have been received" on that page.

• You may screen shot & email it or print it and drop it off.• Make sure your name is visible on the document and you

include your student ID number in the email or on the document

Certification ExamsEAS (Educating All

Students Test)CST (Content Specialty Test) edTPA (Teacher

Performance Assessment)

Performance Expectations

The New York State educator understands the characteristics, strengths, and needs of students with disabilities and other special learning needs and effectively uses this knowledge to help students reach their highest levels of achievement and independence.

• Adolescence (7-12)Subject Specific CST

• Special Education Generalist 7-12Multi-Subject CST (7-12) & Student with Disabilities CST

• Early Childhood (B-2) level3 Part Multi Subject CST

• Childhood (1-6) level3 Part Multi Subject CST

• All Special EducationStudent with Disabilities CST

The edTPA is a portfoliostyle, student-centered, multiple measure assessment of teaching.

This is done during student teaching using Chalk & Wire.

…Certification Exams

www.nystce.nesinc.com is the NYS Teacher Certification Exam website where you can sign up to take an exam and review the practice materials for the Exams.

If you have questions about the Certification Exams look at the information on the Field Placement webpage or speak with the Field Placement Office.http://www.strose.edu/academics/schools/school-of-education/field-placement-advisement/certification-exams/

…Certification Exams

Please call the Lally School of Education Office at 454-5208to reserve a place in the Workshop!

NEW YORK STATE Certification ExaminationsEAS & CST Review Workshops

Date Time LocationTuesday,

January 294:00 – 6:00 Lally 032

Wednesday,

February 204:00 - 6:00 Lally 032

Thursday,

March 214:00 - 6:00 Lally 032

Tuesday,

April 244:00-6:00 Lally 032

ProfessionalismProfessional Education Candidate Learning OutcomesCandidates in professional education programs at The College of Saint Rose will:6. Develop and demonstrate personal and professional values that foster the highest

ethical standards of the profession; intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness; understanding and responsiveness to multiple social and global perspectives; and collegiality and collaboration among partners in the educational or clinical process that involve children, families, community members, and other professionals.

7. Promote optimal learning opportunities and environments for all individuals in the context of their experiential, cultural, and/or racial/ethnic backgrounds, including, but not limited to learners who are speakers of non-English languages, or who are gifted, have disabilities, are educationally challenged or who have different interests, ambitions or sexual orientations.

8. Demonstrate in their practice that oral and written language is a functional, as well as social and artistic tool, for communication and thought, and as such reflect the multiple literacies of local, national and global cultures.

PQACommunication Skills

• Effectively communicates orally in a constructive, direct, and appropriate manner• Writes in a way that is clear, accurate, and professionally effective• Is respectful in all communications• Uses appropriate tone, tact, and pragmatics for a professional situation• Demonstrates that s/he has heard what is being said and practices reciprocal

listening skills• Responds to people, work, and challenges in an emotionally mature manner• Is respectful in communicating with others• Solicits and gives feedback• Engages in collaborative interactions with others• Uses appropriate conflict resolution skills to handle differences of opinion• Participates in an open exchange of ideas

PQA Responsibility/Accountability

• Attends to and completes academic and professional duties in a timely fashion

• Reflects on his/her own performance• Accepts, receives, and integrates feedback• Collaborates with colleagues and works as a team member• Displays an appearance that is consistent with professional expectations• Shares in the workload of the group or organization• Is accountable for his/her own work rather than deflecting responsibility

elsewhere• Works within the rules and expectations of the group or organization• Demonstrates a commitment to continuing professional growth and

development

PQAEthics

• Values, models, and promotes respect for all individuals• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to diverse populations• Recognizes and works within role boundaries within the professional context• Demonstrates honesty and integrity in all situations• Gives credit where it is due• Displays professional behavior in terms of language and dress• Respects privacy and confidentiality where appropriate• Models intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, and critical

analysis• Demonstrates a commitment to providing educational services to

diverse population

What things should I be aware of?

• Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Dating Apps…• Students are not your friends.• No gift giving to students, rides, meeting with students

after school hours or off school grounds.• Photos, videos, comments that you would not want to be

seen by a potential employer or parents or students should not be posted or if you feel you must post something then access should be guarded.

• Act & Dress the part (See Professional Dress*).

A Georgia Teacher: In 2009 a parent complained of finding pictures of a teacher drinking beer and wine on her Facebook page.

• School administration said the images “promoted alcohol use,” and the teacher was ultimately asked to choose between resignation or accepting a suspension.

She chose to resign.

Professional DressExpectations of Pre-Service Teachers in School Settings

• Your appearance has three main effects: maintaining respect; establishing credibility; and establishing yourself as a person of authority in the classroom.

• “Displays respect for the occasion”.

• Students look to teachers because teachers are their role models. A professional appearance is important to your development as an educator/role model.

• Shoot for neat, clean, kind of boring.

… Professional Dress• For women, dresses, skirts, pants, shirts, and blouses are suitable. All clothing

should be modest and are not to be excessively short, tight or revealing. Any shirt, blouse, or dress that covers the back and midriff and does not have a plunging neckline is acceptable. Footwear should be comfortable and complement professional attire.

• Suitable attire for men includes pants, shirts, shoes/boots, and socks. Shirts are to be tucked, and buttoned when appropriate to the style of shirt worn; shirt and tie may be required depending on the school dress code. All clothing should be modest and not be excessively tight, saggy, baggy or revealing. No baseball caps, jeans, tee shirts!

• Personal hygiene: when working closely with students, parents and colleagues body odors and strong or excessive fragrances should be avoided.

• Hair: clean and neat, facial hair must be trimmed and groomed.

Inappropriate• Clothing, jewelry, or hairstyle that disrupts the educational process or endangers students,

including, but not limited to those items which include messages, language, or logos that advocate sex, drugs, violence, bigotry, hate, profanity, alcohol, tobacco, or gang activity.

• Any excessively tight or form-fitting article of clothing, tank tops, shorts, cut-offs, fatigues, spandex, spaghetti straps, halter-tops, low-cut garments, and short skirts, tattered, frayed, ripped or excessively worn and faded clothing, transparent, translucent or sheer clothing, clothing that bares any part of the mid-section or lower back, no portion of underwear or under-garments shall be visible at any time.

Other Considerations:1. Pierced areas of the face or body not covered by clothing shall be left

without any ring or stud.2. Body decorations such as tattoos shall be completely covered to the

extent possible.

Helpful WebsitesCertification Process Resources

Certification information from the Registrars Officehttp://www.strose.edu/academics/registrar/forms-applications-and-instructions/teacher-certification/

“Student Application Information Sheet”

Field Placement Website, Guidebooks, Fingerprinting, Cetification etc.http://www.strose.edu/academics/schools/school-of-education/field-placement-advisement/

“Field Experience”

Questions About the Application for Certificationcertification@strose.edu

PlacementsCan I find my own placement?

• No

• You may not solicit your own placements. You may not contact teachers, schools or principals to arrange your own placement.

• If you have had a teacher tell you that they would like you to student teach in their classroom they can email the Field Placement Office to request you and we will follow up with that teacher.

• “I have someone that wants to request me; when do requests have to be in by?” We can’t guarantee we will honor requests after March 8th.

When/How will I find out?• Mailing of placements will start the first week of May.

• This does not mean we are finished arranging placements only that we are starting to notify students of placements that are already arranged.

• When you receive your placements, read the cover letter completely!• Catholic Schools: Fingerprinting Clearance and VIRTUS training prior to student teaching is

required. www.virtus.org/virtus/• Contact the teachers.• I did not receive both placements or I did get my first/second session placement…

• Session 2 – there is plenty of time (relax) you may not get that until after the Fall semester begins.

• Session 1 - we continue to work on arranging the placements and let you know when we make that arrangement with a school.

• *”*”Freaking Out*”*” We understand that this can be stressful, but (almost) everyone has survived the experience. Unprofessional emails that are rude, ALL IN CAPS, or contain one or more “!!!!!” at the end of each sentence will be deleted (the first time… Please refer to the PQA slides if you have any questions)

Now that I have my Placements what do I do?

• Contact the teachers, and if possible, plan a visit

• Q: I contacted the teacher but they have not called me back… What do I do?

• Call again, email, leave voice mail, leave a message with the secretary, send a letter, stop in the school at the end of the day.

I filled out the application, now what?You will receive an audit through Chalk & Wire:

• Being audited by the Field Placement office is not the same as an official audit for graduation.

• We look for:• ESL, parental contact, student w/ disability, high need school• All five Workshops: (EDU 102/602, 103/603, (106/606), 111/611 and EPY 337/637)• Education coursework completed prior to student teaching (No Incompletes)• GPA in each area (overall, concentration, education)• Graduate Students: Undergraduate Deficiencies completed

• We audit you based on your Degree Works report – if you have requirements met that we might not see because we do not have access to your advising file let us know.

• If you are missing requirements email us with your plan to meet them to be eligible for student teaching.

• We will re-audit after grades are posted in December to make sure you have completed these requirements.

Student Teaching Eligibility

• GPA above the minimums in each area including: Undergraduates: Major, Concentration & Liberal Education after the

completion of the semester. Graduates must have a B or better in all coursework.

• Contact Areas: ESL, Parental Contact, High Need, Student w/Disability• Resumes uploaded to Chalk and Wire by February 22nd

• All Five Workshops Completed prior to Student Teaching• Fingerprinting Verification on File with Field Placement

… Eligibility• All Education Coursework Completed.• No more than 9 Credits Outstanding Elementary: No More Than 9 Credits in Concentration or Liberal Education

Combined.• Adolescence: No More Than 9 Credits Outstanding in Liberal Education and

Major with No More Than 6 Credits Being Major Coursework. Graduate Students: All Coursework, with the Possible Exception of Research

Seminar/Comprehensive Exam). Graduate Students: Including Undergraduate Deficiencies. Email a Response to Your Audit with a “Plan” to Meet

Missing Requirements.

Application: Chalk &WireStudent Teaching Application: Application due on or before Tuesday February 5th

Resume due on or before Friday February 22nd

1. Log into Blackboard2. Click on the Community tab.3. Under My Organizations find “Field Placement

Applications (School of Education)” and enter it.4. Click on Student Teaching (left side in box)5. Click the link “ Student Teacher Application” link

which will bring you to the application. 6. Follow the instructions/complete form and click submit.

You agree to the following1) I understand that if I do not satisfactorily complete the coursework (no incompletes), GPA, workshop, and contact area requirements I will not be allowed to student teach.

2) I understand that student teaching placements are made solely by the Field Placement and Advisement Office. I will not arrange my own placements with school districts, principals or teacher

3) I understand that it is my responsibility to contact the Field Placement and Advisement Office if my address/phone number changes and I understand that placements are made based on the address information on today's application; therefore, if I move or have a change of address and do not notify the Field Placement and Advisement Office I will receive the original placement assigned.

4) I understand that if I withdraw after placement information has been sent to cooperating teachers it is my responsibility to inform my teachers that I have withdrawn. The Field Placement and Advisement Office needs to be contacted as soon as possible in the event I withdraw from student teaching.

5) I understand that I will not be placed in the same building with an immediate relative who is a student or an employee. I have also indicated all districts and schools which I have attended. I certify that I have not requested placement in a building with an immediate relative. Additionally, after receiving my placements from the Field Placement and Advisement Office, I will notify the office as soon as possible if any such situation exists.

6) I wish to apply for student teaching and understand that this application is contingent upon successful completion of all prerequisites for student teaching. It is my responsibility to meet all graduation requirements and to apply for New York State Teacher Certification.

7) I understand that it is my responsibility to complete all requests of the Field Placement Office with regards to my student teaching placement. My inability to complete these requests in a timely manner will put my request for a student teaching placement at risk.

Resume7. Select the Resume tab in the Student

Teaching Table and follow the directions to upload your resume to submit it.

• Resume due Friday February 23rd

• Walk-in Resume Critique in the Career Center 3rd floor of Saint Joseph’s Hall Monday Monday February 19th - Friday February 23rd

Questions