Medaille College

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Medaille College

• Student Teaching Placement
• Information Meeting
• 2009-2010

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Important Contact People

• Dr. Robert A. Di Sibio, Associate Dean, SAGE
  Enrollment, and
• Executive Director, Canadian Ed. Program
• rdisibio_at_medaille.edu
• Susan Lowrey, Administrative Asst., Canadian Ed.
  Program susan.m.lowrey_at_medaille.edu
• Maria Weimer, Coordinator, Student Teaching/Cert.
  Office
• maria.weimer_at_medaille.edu
• Renee Locke, Administrative Asst. Student
  Teaching/Cert. Office
• renee.m.locke_at_medaille.edu
• Deborah Allen, Secretary, Student Teaching Office
• deborah.allen_at_medaille.edu

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Pre-requisites needed in order to participate in
student teaching

• Appropriate Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Successful Completion of Course Pre-requisites
• Student Teaching Placement Form
• Profile Sheet
• Police Record Check Screening

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Appropriate Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA)

• Graduate Students
• A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA in graduate course
  work
• Undergraduate Students
• A minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA in undergraduate
  course work along with successful completion of
  course pre-requisites

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Student Teaching Placement Form and Profile Sheet

• You must complete both the Student Teaching
  Placement Form and the Student Teacher Profile
  (http//www.medaille.edu/studentteaching/forms.asp
  )
• Placement forms may be submitted to this office
  electronically through the link emailed to
  students Medaille email accounts, or via paper
  copy, by the deadline. Paper forms are found at
  http//www.medaille.edu/studentteaching/forms.asp.
  Forms are due by September 15th for Spring
  semester placements, and February 15th for Fall
  semester placements.
• Student Teacher Profiles must be emailed to
  stuteach_at_medaille.edu by the deadline noted
  above.
• Failure to meet the deadline could delay or
  prevent your student teaching placement
  opportunity

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Police Record Check Screening

• All Canadian education students are required to
  complete a satisfactory police record check
  screening prior to participation in student
  teaching or any voluntary experiences with
  children

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• Students will need to contact the school board
  assigned to determine whether the board will
  either (i) process the screening or (ii) refer
  them to a local police station
• Select boards require a student process screening
  via the OESC (Ontario Education Services
  Corporation), www.oesc-cseo.org or 416.205.9545
• Currently, Niagara Catholic, District School
  Boards of Niagara, Peel Public and Halton Public
  require OESC screening

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Student Teaching ScheduleFall 2009

• First Student Teaching Placement
• Canadian Students Monday, September 8, 2009 -
  Friday, October 23, 2009
• US Students Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Friday,
  October 23, 2009

• Second Student Teaching Placement
• Canadian Students Monday, November 2, 2009
  Thursday, December 10, 2009
• US Students Monday, November 2, 2009 Thursday,
  December 10, 2009

Interim Week Monday, October 26, 2009 Friday,
October 30, 2009
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Student Teaching ScheduleFall 2009

• Interim Week
• Monday, October 26, 2009 Friday, October 30,
  2009
• Arrange to meet your 2nd placement Associate
  Teacher
• Collect original evaluation forms and keep lesson
  observations and rubrics from your first
  placement
• Schedule to meet with someone from the Student
  Teaching and Certification Office if needed
• Attend optional seminars on resume writing and
  interviewing (http//www.medaille.edu/studentteach
  ing/)
• Initial an optional credential file by contacting
  Career Development at 1.800.292.1582, ext. 2211

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And when youve completed your placements

• Student Teaching Exit Meeting
• Student teachers have a mandatory student
  teaching exit meeting on Friday, December 11,
  2009
• Details on the times, location and schedule of
  events is available on the Student Teaching
  website at http//www.medaille.edu/studentteaching
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