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Placement Information
Elementary Schools
- Generally, elementary schools include kindergarten through 5th grade.
- Sometimes an elementary school may include a self-contained 6th grade.
- Be sure to go to Colorado’s Department of Education to learn more about elementary school requirements and endorsements (http://www.cde.state.co.us/).
Middle Schools
- Middle schools are sometimes referred to as junior high.
- Generally, middle schools include 6th, 7th and 8th grade.
- Sometimes a middle school may include 9th grade.
- When you apply to student teach at a middle school, you will apply for a student teaching placement with your specific content area.
- Be sure to go to Colorado’s Department of Education to learn more about secondary school requirements and endorsements (http://www.cde.state.co.us/).
K-8 Schools
- K-8 schools are elementary and middle schools.
- When you apply to student teach at a middle school, you will apply for a student teaching placement with your specific content area.
- Be sure to go to Colorado’s Department of Education to learn more about secondary school requirements and endorsements (http://www.cde.state.co.us/).
High Schools
- Generally, high schools include 9th through 12th grade.
- Sometimes a high school may include 8th grade and/or may combine middle and high school (6th – 12th grade).
- When you apply to student teach at a high school, you will apply for a student teaching placement with your specific content area.
- Be sure to go to Colorado’s Department of Education to learn more about secondary school requirements and endorsements (http://www.cde.state.co.us/).
Schools Not Accepting Placements
- Not all school sites accept student teachers.
- Some school sites only work with specific colleges/universities.
- Some school sites will not accept a student teacher if the student has not completed a practicum experience at that school site.
- Some schools sites will not accept a student teacher based on that school sites programming goals. (These schools may accept student teacher every other year or every other semester.)
Placement Procedures (additional details will be found in the Obtaining a Student Teacher Placement document)
- Teacher candidates must attend the mandatory Student Teacher Application meeting led by the Director of Field Experiences and Director of Advising.
- Teacher candidates must go through the Student Teaching Check-out process with the Director of Advising. Failure to complete the Student Teaching Check-out process will delay the processing of application materials.
- Teacher candidates must submit all application materials by the designated deadline. Please visit the School of Education’s online calendar.
- Teacher candidates must select 3-to-6 school sites. (This number will differ for K-12 music, elementary, social studies and English teacher candidates - additional details will be found in the Obtaining a Student Teaching Placement document).
- School choices must be in the Boulder, Longmont and metro Denver area. Some schools within these districts may not be available as a choice.
- Teacher candidates will prioritize the 3-to-6 school sites. (Choice number 1 is the most desirable.)
- School sites will have at least two weeks to review the application materials
- The OSS will not pull application materials from a school site until the school site has had at least two weeks to make their decision.
- If the school site accepts the teacher candidate, the teacher candidate is required to come to the Office of Student Services (OSS) to sign the student teaching contract.
- Contracts must be signed within a 48 hour period. Teacher candidates may contact the OSS to receive an extension on signing their contract.
- Teacher candidates cannot forgo signing a contract because he/she has changed their mind about that school site. (This is the reason teacher candidates prioritize their school choice list.)
- If the school site declines the teacher candidate, the teacher candidate’s application materials will automatically be forwarded to the next school on the list created by the teacher candidate.
District Web Sites
Please review the district websites when selecting your school choices. The district site will have links directly to the web sites of individual schools. From the district site, you can find more detailed information on individual schools and the district calendar. Several of the districts coordinate the student teacher placements through one person. These districts include: Adams 12 Five-Star School District, Adams County School District 50, Aurora Public Schools, Brighton 27J, Cherry Creek School District, Douglas County School District, Littleton School District, and St. Vrain Valley School District.
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