Field Experiences

Before your student teaching semester, you will receive a variety of field experience placements to best prepare you for a career in teaching.

View the Teacher Education Handbook (PDF) to understand the requirements, expectations and policies regarding field experience, as well as outlines of the assignments you will complete.

Arranging Your Field Experience

Field experience placements will be coordinated by the Center for Student Success or course faculty. Review the courses that include field experiences (PDF) and plan ahead to allow time in your schedule for the required.

An ideal schedule would leave 3-4 blocks of time throughout the week so that you could complete 20-40 hours in a semester.

Documenting Your Field Experience

The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) requires Education students to earn and document at least 100 hours before they are eligible to student teach.

Students admitted after Fall 2022 will use Tevera to document field experience hours.