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Teacher Licensure and Field Services

Photo by Marsha Smith: front entrance of College of Education
The Office of Field Services assists teacher candidates with placement for practicum and student teaching. Please contact our staff with questions.

Cooperating School Districts

for Pre-Service Teacher Placement

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006

Teacher licensure

• Undergraduate Initial License
• Graduate Initial License - Master of Arts in Teaching
• Adding a WOU endorsement
  • WOU's ESOL and Bilingual/ESOL endorsements
  • TSPC requirements for adding an endorsement
• Adding an authorization to a current teaching license
  Here are the authorization levels. They build upon one another, i.e., if you hold an Early Childhood license and want to add High School, you need to also add Elementary and Middle Level licenses.
  • Early Childhood
  • Elementary
  • Middle Level
  • High School
• Special Education
• Deaf Education
• Health Education & Physical Education

Field Services

Link to: Field Experiences Policies manual (Requires WOU login)

Student Teacher Information

• Requirements:
  • Be in their classrooms full-time for the entire final term of student teaching
  • Complete the required time of full responsibility
  • Complete a second work sample of approximately 10 lessons
  • Have two formal evaluations from the university supervisor
  • Have two formal evaluations from the mentor teacher
  • Participate in two three-way conferences
  • Forms for licensure: Licensure steps letter l WOU C2 form for TSPC
  • Forms for field experience: These forms are also located in the Field Experience Workbook. Observation of Teaching, Formative Evaluation, Student Teaching Summary Report
  • OEA resource for first year teachers - Find it at Resources, OEA publications
    

Mentoring

• Guide to Mentoring Student Teachers-Undergraduate program
• Mentor Teacher Information Packet - Special Education program
  

Oregon professional development requirements

• Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC)
• Continuing Professional Development for Licensure Renewal (TSPC document)
• TSPC rules for Continuing Teaching License
• WOU Continuing Teacher Licensure offering
• WOU Division of Extended Programs

Employment resources for educators

Western Oregon University is committed to helping graduates find employment in Oregon, out of state or in other countries.

WOU Career Services http://www.wou.edu/student/career/index.php

Contact Information

Director of Field Services

Administrative Program Specialist:
MAT Program

Office Specialist II:
Field Services Office

Sue Thompson
503-838-8828
thompss@wou.edu
Education Room 201D

Lynne Lindsay
503-838-8272
lindsayl@wou.edu
Education Room 202H

Karen Johnson
503-838-8235
johnsonk@wou.edu
Education Room 201F

Contact

College of Education 503-838-8471 | or e-mail: education@wou.edu