Student Teaching
What is Student Teaching?
Student teaching is considered the culminating experience in the student's teacher education program. Student teachers are provided opportunities to observe teachers, to apply educational theory, to demonstrate their disposition for teaching, and to practice the knowledge and skills deemed essential for effective, professional practice within a supportive learning environment for all children.
It is a partnership between our mentor teachers, our student teachers, and our supervisors.
Important Changes for Field Experience and Student Teaching
Any individual enrolled in a course that is part of an Educator Preparation Program AND who will be in a Pk-12 classroom as part of the course must obtain a Pre-service Teacher Permit before they are allowed in schools for their Field Experience or Student Teaching assignments. (Effective 7/1/24)
Pre Service Permit Process
APPLY FOR STUDENT TEACHING
Programs | Applying Semester | For Placement Semester | Application Window |
MAT/SEED | Spring 2025 | Spring 2026 | 3/10/25-3/31/25 |
MCLS | Spring 2025 | Spring 2026 | 3/10/25-3/31/25 |
ECED (BLKV), MUED, ARTE, MCED, PEP/HPE/SHED, TSEL, ASEI, DFED, SPED, SLP) | Spring 2025 | Spring 2026 | 4/1/25-4/25/25 |
Out-of-State Student Teaching
- For all teacher education majors except Deaf Education and Educational Interpreting, there is a $130 placement fee (payable to KSU)
- At one of the following three locations:
- Collier/Lee Counties Florida
- Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Clear Creek ISD, Texas
Student Teaching at an Out-of-State School for Deaf Ed and ASEI Student Interpreters
- For ASL/ English Interpreting Students going to an out of state placement, please use the Application for ASL/English Interpreting out of state
- Students should complete the out of state application above after meeting with your program adviser to determine if the program will allow you to attend an out of state placement.
- For Deaf Education and Education Interpreting candidates who are assigned to an Out-of-State placement by the university, there are NO STUDENT FEES. However, students who willfully elect to be placed out-of-state in lieu of being placed at an available partnering district within Ohio, a fee of $130 will be required (payable to KSU), along with completion of all necessary documents.
Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (C.O.S.T.)
- Please contact Elizabeth Kenyon at ekenyon@kent.edu, or Rose Onders in RM 215 White Hall for COST application materials.
- Local information at the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural website.
- More information at .