For Teaching Placement Office Students

Applying for a Field Experience Placement

All applications for Clinical Field Placements starting Spring 2020 will be submitted through the Chalk & Wire system.

Field Experience Application Instructions

Starting Spring 2020 all clinical field applications are completed online in the Chalk & Wire system.

Application Deadlines:

SPRING 2021: Application deadline is October 1, 2020.

Praxis Deadline:
August 15 - Fall semester
December 15 - Spring semester

To be approved for Clinical Field Applications the student is expected to:

1. Login to their assigned Chalk & Wire Account

2. Review your course requirements, GPA, transcript, and prerequisites for field experience with your faculty advisor and receive their approval for clinical field, without this approval any completed application will not be processed. If your GPA is below 3.0 and you are in the range of 2.7-2.99 speak with your faculty advisor if you believe you will meet the GPA requirement by the targeted semester for your placement. If you have not completed the appropriate prerequisites, or if you have received a grade of D, F or INC in any professional education course, you will be ineligible to be placed or to remain in a field placement site.

3. After you receive approval from your faculty advisor, login to Chalk & Wire and complete the Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 Clinical Field Placement Application.

4. Submit a copy of your Examinee Score Report(s) form the appropriate Praxis exam(s) (Praxis Core exam report for Clinical I; Praxis II for Clinical II). The College of Education requires that all students must pass the appropriate Praxis exam(s) BEFORE they are eligible to perform fieldwork. Passing scores must subsequently be submitted by the appropriate deadline (August 15 for the fall semester; December 15 for the spring semester). Please visit http://www.ets.org/praxis for more information about the Praxis tests and to register.

5. You are required to take, and have proof of, a TB (MANTOUX) test within six (6) months of starting your Clinical Field Placement.

APPLICATIONS MISSING ANY OF THE ABOVE REQUIRED ITEMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE APPROPRIATE DEADLINE.

ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION FROM OUR OFFICE INDICATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT/SCHOOL/AGENCY IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED FOR THEIR FIELD WORK. IT IS THE STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CONTACT PERSON UPON RECEIPT OF THIS PLACEMENT LETTER.

MANDATORY ORIENTATION

If you have applied for a field experience in a particular semester, you will receive more information about orientation approximately one month prior to the start of that semester. Orientations are usually held in mid-January for the spring semester and in late August for the fall semester. Also check this website for updated information about orientation.

Getting Your Required Substitute Teaching Certification

Will I need substitute teaching certification as a Clinical I and Clinical II student?

Yes, you are required to get your substitute teaching certification to participate in the Clinical I and Clinical II student teaching program.

The process of procuring certification as a NJ substitute teacher will take eight (8) to ten (10) weeks. Please start this process the semester prior to applying for the Clinical I field experience.

What are the requirements to become a substitute teacher?

There are two major requirements:

- 60 college credits earned at Kean University or at any other accredited (two or four year) college/university.
- Fingerprinting and a completed criminal background check that show no felony conviction(s).

How do I start the process to obtain a NJ substitute teacher certificate?

1. Contact the Board of Education in the town in which you live or the town in which you have been accepted for placement and ask for a Universal Fingerprint Form. Make sure the information on the top of the form is complete before trying to schedule an appointment.

2. Schedule an appointment at the IdentoGo by Morphotrust USA web page

www.bioapplicant.com/nj

To speak to a live operator, call 1-877-503-5981 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

For more information about Criminal Background Checks please visit

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