Office of Field Experiences
Jan Case, Program Support Supervisor
(509) 963-1460
casej@cwu.edu
*Please review our policy below before completing your request.
Placements require that we work within well-defined procedures established by each school district. Adherence to those procedures guarantees a strong working relationship between the university and the public schools and enhances our ability to make placements for our students.
In areas where placement options are limited, students will be chosen based on a random lottery system unless they have been requested by a specific cooperating teacher using the Field Experience Request Form. Typically, this refers only to Kittitas County placements where there are usually no more than 8 placements available in any given quarter, but may also apply to other areas as well based on district need and availability of cooperating teachers.
Extenuating personal, professional and family circumstances for areas with limited placement will not be considered.
You are responsible for arranging your own housing and transportation. Housing and transportation issues cannot be determining factors for placement.
There is no guaranteed placement in a particular school district, school building, or with a particular Cooperating Teacher. This is clearly stated on the Field Experience Request form.
Submission of a Field Experience Request Form does not guarantee a placement in Kittitas County. See “Kittitas County” above.
Submission of a Field Experience Request Form does not guarantee a placement with that particular cooperating teacher.
Students are prohibited from attempting to arrange their placement in any manner and may not contact teachers or district personnel about a possible placement.
Only the Coordinator of Field Experiences is allowed to seek placements. Students may not act on their own behalf nor have anyone other than the approved university Field Supervisor act on their behalf regarding placements. Information regarding placements will be available in Black 214 as it is received.
Not all areas of geographic preference are available as options for placement in every quarter.
No placements will be sought in areas where full-time university field supervisors are not available to seek placements. Typically, placements are sought in areas near the university centers and main campus.
If a placement cannot be found in your major and/or certification areas in the term for which you apply, your field experience may have to be postponed.
As a rule, you will not be placed in a school building where you:
Individual school districts accept or deny placements based on the merits of your Student Teaching application. School district personnel (Human Resources directors, Principals, teachers) will read your application as part of the placement process. Student teachers may be asked to interview in person with the Principal and/or the teacher who is considering hosting you. The offer of a placement may depend on your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions expected of an emerging teacher.
School districts reserve the right to decline a placement due to the availability of a cooperating teacher, district personnel and/or resources.
You will be notified of your placement by the Coordinator of Field Experiences.
If you withdraw from Student Teaching or cancel your placement request, you must do so in writing to the Director of Field Experiences immediately and no later than the final day of the first week of the first week of the quarter prior to the quarter for which you have applied to Student Teaching.
This policy ensures fairness, equity and consistency to all applicants from quarter to quarter.
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Deadline InformationDeadline for Student Teaching (EFC 480) Applications Fall Quarter: January 15 Winter Quarter