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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
FIELD SERVICES AND TEACHER LICENSURE EDUCATION TESTS REGISTER FOR CLASSES

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.

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Licensure and Clinical Experience Council

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Teacher licensure

• Undergraduate Initial License
• Graduate Initial License - Master of Arts in Teaching
• Continuing Teaching License (CTL)
  • Master of Science in Education
  • CTL information at Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC)
• Transitional license
• 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)

Practicum information for Undergraduate/Post-baccalaureate program

• Pre-admission Practicum: Students explore their interest in teaching during their freshman and sophomore years by enrolling in FS 199, 303, 358, and 399. Multiple practicums are offered each term for those wishing to gain experience in the public schools. For students who are applying to the College of Education there is an admission requirement of 30 hours in a public school. These practicums are specifically designed to help students gain that experience and are offered every term. Prior to registration the student must attend an orientation in order to set up the placement. Dates and times of the orientation vary and are posted in the Academic Advising and Learning Center, the College of Education, and other sites around campus.
• Undergraduate program practicum:
  • Term I: Teacher candidates rotate among district schools to learn about student and teacher roles within each of the four authorization levels, spending one day or 7 1/2 clock hours at each level.
  • Term II: Teacher candidates spend two weeks at one site teaching small groups and working with students one on one. At this point they complete a mini-unit of three lessons. This is at the second authorization level.
  • Term III: Teacher candidates return to the same classroom as Term II for a four-week block. During this time the first work sample is completed.
  • Term IV: Student teachers are in their classrooms full-time (except for three seminar days on-campus) and have full teaching responsibility in their primary authorization area.

Student teacher information

• Requirements:
  • Be in their classrooms full-time for the whole 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: Evaluation of Lesson/Teaching form | Formative Evaluation Term IV form | Student Teaching Summary Report (Note: These forms are also in the Field Experience Workbook.)
  • 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)
• Oregon Education Association flow chart - TSPC rules for licensure (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. The following resources can help you prepare for interviews, strengthen your resume, research current job openings, and post your application for a job in Oregon.

edZapp recruiting and hiring service http://www.edzapp.com/

Current job postings on edZapp http://recruiting.edzapp.com/oregon/

Online application http://www.edzapp.com/getting-started/optional-services/document-management/

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

Contact information

Sue Thompson, Director
Field Services Office . thompss@wou.edu . 503-838-8828

Lynne Lindsay, Administrative Program Specialist
Master of Arts in Teaching Program . lindsayl@wou.edu . 503-838-8272

Karen Johnson, Office Specialist
Field Services Office . johnsonk@wou.edu . 503-838-8235

Contact

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