To facilitate timely and efficient placements for field experiences, you will be asked to fill out the Clinical Experiences Student Placement Form. The Assistant Dean for Student Support and Licensure will provide a link to the form during advising prior to your first field experience course. Students should then update the form (by resubmitting it) whenever there are any changes to information critical for field placement (e.g., changes to addresses, contact information or mode of transportation). For your information and use, here is the link to the form: https://forms.gle/3nJ6AN2tvQPjWZ3HA.
Teacher candidates completing field experiences in classrooms in the Chicago Public Schools will need to complete a multi-step registration process prior to entering a CPS school. The process will include a criminal background check. Teacher candidates will receive details about the process from both Roosevelt’s Director of Clinical Experiences and CPS. It is very important to respond in a timely manner to registration and background check emails to ensure that access is permitted to CPS schools and classrooms. NOTE: All FE 1 early childhood teacher candidates must undergo a criminal background check before entering any childcare center’s infant/toddler classroom.
Frequently, suburban school districts also require registration forms, background checks and even interviews in advance of field experiences. Teacher candidates will receive information from Roosevelt’s Director of Clinical Experiences about any requirements that must be completed for field experiences to begin.