Career & Technical Educator Preparation Field Experience

The CTE courses listed below require 15 to 25 hours of embedded field experience. All CTE candidates and non-CTE students, including traditional, in-service, and non-matriculated or non-degree, who are registered for a course listed below will be responsible for completing an application in TK20 or Google Forms.

Note: If you do not need assistance with identifying a placement or are opting for an alternative assignment in lieu of field experience, please indicate this in the Notes section of the TK20 or Google Forms application so that the Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office knows of your plans and needs. Contact the instructor of record to learn more about the alternative assignment.

Please Note

Your completed application:

is mandatory so you can attend a clinical experience
is mandatory even if you are not planning on a field experience placement but are registered for a CTE field experience course
is necessary even if you will not need assistance in locating a placement site
allows you to indicate all pertinent information so the CPP Office knows if you need assistance in locating a placement for you
allows you to indicate whether or not you plan on doing a field experience placement, an alternative assignment in lieu of a field experience placement, or an in-service placement (for full-time employed teachers teaching in their area of concentration)

Courses Requiring Embedded Field Experience

CTE 307- Intro to Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)
CTE 309- Career & Technical Education Curriculum Development (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)
CTE 312- Methods of Teaching Career & Technical Education Subjects (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)
CTE 313- Instructional Assessment in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)
CTE 314- Classroom and Laboratory Organization and Management (placement with any CTE teacher)
CTE 444- Serving Special Needs Learners in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher AND with a special education teacher)
CTE 445- Language Arts and Literacy in the Career & Technical Education Classroom (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

CTE 507- Foundations of Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)
CTE 509- Career & Technical Education Curriculum Development (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)
CTE 512- Methods of Teaching Career & Technical Education Subjects (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)
CTE 513- Instructional Assessment in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher in any grade 6-12)
CTE 514- Instructional Management Technology (placement with any CTE teacher)
CTE 525- Learning Theories in Career & Technical Education (placement with any CTE teacher)
CTE 544- Serving Special Needs Learners in Career & Technical Education (placement with CTE content-specific teacher AND with a special education teacher)
CTE 545- Language Arts and Literacy in the Career & Technical Classroom (placement with CTE content-specific teacher)

While At Your Placement

On your first day

You should report to your assigned school’s main office half an hour prior to the placement time. Be sure to follow all sign-in procedures in the main office every time you report. Introduce yourself to the office staff and the principal and ask for directions to your cooperating teacher’s classroom.

You should begin attending your placement on the date noted in your notification email or on the next school day following your notification. For example, if your email arrives on Monday and your placement day is scheduled for Wednesdays, you should begin your placement on Wednesday of that week.

While at your placement

At all levels of field experience you are asked to act as a “participant observer” and to closely monitor all classroom/setting interactions. Part of being a participant observer is that you are actively participating during your placement. Candidates are asked to seek ways to contribute to the classroom in which they are placed. The field experience is not limited to just one classroom setting, with the cooperating teacher’s approval, candidates may visit other places in their assigned school/practicum setting to learn as much as possible about the profession.

You may also receive assignments (projects, reflections, etc) from your professors that directly apply to what you are doing while at your placement. Be sure to notify your assigned teacher well in advance of any assignments that will affect them (teacher interviews, mini-lessons, etc).

Absences and emergencies

You are responsible for attending every week, however in the event of an absence or tardiness due to illness or an unavoidable emergency, you will need to call the school as soon as you know you cannot attend and let the office know you will not be there. Provide them with the following information:

Identify yourself by name and college.
State the name of the teacher you are working with.
Indicate your reason for absence.
Ask that a message be given to your cooperating teacher.

Requesting a schedule change

You should go to the placement at your scheduled time and then work with your cooperating teacher to find a time that is mutually agreeable for the remainder of the semester. You would regularly attend according to this scheduled time every week. If there is a change that you have made with your host teacher, please notify the Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office of the change. If you and your cooperating teacher are unable to agree on another time, please contact the Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office immediately. Failure to notify the office in a timely manner will forfeit the placement.

Practicum Log

While at your placement, you must maintain a Practicum Log that is signed by the cooperating teacher and/or advisor at the end of each visit. All candidates will be responsible for submitting a practicum log at the end of the course. The practicum log should be completed and submitted to your course instructor at the end of each course. In addition, all candidates will be responsible for submitting the completed log(s) with the required CTE student teaching application.

Candidates are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours of clinical experience or the required alternative assignments before they are eligible for student teaching. For more information, contact your advisor in the Career and Technical Educator Preparation Department.

Placement and Alternative Assignment Guidelines

Traditional CTE candidates enrolled in a program leading towards teacher licensure will be responsible for completing the required embedded field experiences each semester they are registered for a course with an embedded field experience.

In-service CTE candidates who are teaching in a PreK-12 grade school setting or BOCES in the area in which they are seeking certification will be responsible for completing the alternative assignment each semester they are registered for a course with an embedded field experience.

Non-matriculated or Non-degree students who are registered for a CTE course with an embedded field experience can complete the field experience with a CTE teacher or the alternative assignment.

CTE Forms

Teacher Certification Authorization form Practica Log for the CTE Program The CTE Student Teaching Handbook

Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office

315-312-3098
[email protected]

175 Wilber Hall
Oswego, NY 13126

Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC II)

315-312-2834
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Office Hours

Fall and Spring Sessions: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am–4:30 pm
Winter and Summer Sessions: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am–4:00 pm