College of Education Clinical Placement
The Office for School Engagement provides the connection between our candidates and local school and community partners. As part of our teacher preparation program requirements, candidates participate in varied clinical experiences, practicum, and student teaching / internship placements within school district and community classrooms.
Clinical Experience
As candidates progress through their program, they participate in content and methods courses where clinical work is used as a means to apply strategies learned in the coursework. These activities require the teacher candidate to begin independent planning and execution of lessons/units, connect educational philosophy, research, and theory to practice.
Practicum
Practicum is a specific clinical experience requiring the candidate to serve 90 hours as 12 full-day sessions in the same elementary or secondary classroom each visit.
All placements must be arranged through our office.
Getting Placed is Easy! Apply for Clinical Placement Placement HERE!
Deadlines
All Applications and Security Clearance must be submitted by:
- FALL: October 1st
- SPRING: March 1st
Clinical Experiences
The College of Education's Office for School Engagement provides the connection between our students and local service school districts and community partners. Our current relationships exist with the following School Districts: Broward, Palm Beach, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee. As part of our teacher preparation program requirements, students participate in varied clinical experiences, practicum, and student teaching placements within school district classrooms.
Florida Institute for the Advancement of Teaching (FIAT)
The Florida Institute for the Advancement of Teaching (FIAT) provides practical, research-based, and scalable solutions for Florida’s PK-20 educational system by recruiting, preparing, and retaining quality educators in sufficient numbers for Florida schools.
Clinical Placements
As candidates progress through their program, they participate in content and methods courses where clinical work is used as a means to apply strategies learned in the coursework. These activities require the teacher candidate to begin independent planning and execution of lessons/units, connect educational philosophy, research, and theory to practice. Practicum is a specific clinical experience requiring the candidate to serve 90 hours as 12 full-day sessions in the same elementary or secondary classroom each visit.
Student Teaching
Student Teaching / Internship is a full-time, fifteen-week experience and is the capstone for teacher education candidates. Candidates use the Timeframe for Student Teaching/Internship as a guide through which they gradually assume full-time teaching responsibilities, complete a minimum of six weeks full-time, and then gradually relinquish classroom responsibilities. In the student teaching experience, candidates apply and reflect on their content, professional, and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in various settings with students.