The State of Illinois requires all teacher candidates enrolled in teacher preparation programs to complete a supervised student teaching experience. In Roosevelt’s traditional teacher preparation programs, student teaching is a 15 week experience in which teacher candidates report to school five days a week for the entire school day—including any time required to facilitate parent meetings, clubs and/or professional development meetings.
Student teaching is open to teacher candidates who have successfully completed all general education, academic concentration, and professional education courses required by their programs. By the start of student teaching, candidates should be in good academic standing and should have met all academic concentration, professional education, and overall GPA requirements listed on their advising plans. “Incomplete” or “In Progress” grades from semesters prior to student teaching must be resolved in compliance with grade requirements.