Student Teaching for Teaching Assistants - Hannibal-LaGrange ...

HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT TEACHING FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTS (Degree Completion Program)
PLEASE NOTE: Teaching Assistants who may wish to earn credit for student teaching through
their current teaching placement MUST submit a letter of intent prior to their final year (2
semesters) of professional education courses. The letter should be addressed to the Hannibal-
LaGrange University Director of Teacher Education and should include justification of
qualifications for this student teaching variance based on the conditions below.
DESE 5CSR 80-805.040 Clinical Experience Requirements for Candidates in Professional
Education Programs
(2A) Programs having preservice teacher education students who have been employed in public or
accredited nonpublic schools for at least two (2) years as teacher assistants shall accept such
experiences in lieu of the conventional student teaching requirement if the following conditions are met:
1. The preservice student’s experience as a teacher assistant was concurrent with the student’s
participation in the professional education program and in the same content area and grade range for
which the student is seeking certification;
HLG Requirement: Written verification by Superintendent/Principal of teaching assistant’s job
title, responsibilities including content area and grade level, and length of employment in that
position that satisfactorily meets the DESE criteria as stated in Condition #1.
2. The teacher assistant shall have conducted teaching activities comparable to those required for other
preservice education students in conventional student teaching placements and demonstrating similar
competencies;
HLG Requirement: Documentation verifying satisfactory completion of “Professional Semester
Course Requirements” as listed on the attachment.
3. The teacher with whom the teacher assistant served meets the qualifications for a cooperating
teacher, as defined in this rule;
HLG Requirement: Written verification by Superintendent/Principal that the classroom teacher
with whom the teaching assistant has been placed has at least three (3) years experience in a
public or accredited nonpublic school setting, having professional certification in the content area
and grade range being taught.
4. The teacher with whom the teacher assistant served has been provided training for observing and
evaluating the assistant’s teaching practice through the institution providing the assistant’s professional
education program or through the school or district’s mentor training program; and
HLG Requirement: Signed verification that the HLG Supervising Teacher and the classroom
Cooperating Teacher read and discussed the HLG Student Teaching Handbook.
5. The teacher assistant has been working with permission and under the authority of the principal of the
school or a designee.
HLG Requirement: This verification may be included in condition #1 above.

PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING ASSISTANTS
1. Student teachers experience a minimum of six weeks of full-time classroom teaching
(three weeks in each seven-week placement or six weeks in fourteen-week placements).
Full time teaching includes total responsibility for the school day including lesson
planning, instruction, classroom management, assessment, and other assigned duties.
2. Students are to maintain an organized notebook/file containing lesson plans, materials
used in teaching, and suggestions made by the cooperating and supervising teachers.
3. Students are to schedule a minimum of two evaluation visits with the college supervisor.
4. Students are to keep a daily reflection journal to assist him/her in developing important
reflection and self-evaluation skills.
5. The student is to write a mock letter to the parents of a student having academic or
behavior difficulty.
6. The student is to video record two of his/her lesson presentations and submit to the
university supervisor a written reflection for both lessons (see HLGU website for
Authorization to Video Record form). These reflections may be included in his/her
Teacher Work Sample.
7. The student is to prepare a Teacher Work Sample to be used as evidence of his/her
developing identity as a teacher. This Teacher Work Sample will be evaluated by the
student’s supervising teacher and must be passed before a final student teaching
grade will be submitted to Registrar’s Office.
8. The student is to apply for certification through the Missouri Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education (see DESE Certification section on website). Written requests
for official transcripts to be sent to the Missouri Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education must be completed through the Registrar’s Office.
9. The student is to complete the Student Evaluation of Student Teaching form (see HLGU
website) for each placement and submit it to his/her university supervisor.