FIELD REQUIREMENTS FOR 
TEACHER EDUCATION CERTIFICATE (TEC) STUDENTS

Junior Practicum Requirement
Student Teaching Requirements

JUNIOR PRACTICUM REQUIREMENT

Each student in the Post-Baccalaureate Intensive Teacher Certification Program (TEC) must fulfill a Junior Practicum requirement before he/she is allowed to student teach. 

To waive this requirement, the student must provide written documentation providing proof of planning and implementing instruction and evaluating student performance for a minimum of 75 hours in an organized educational setting. Documentation must be provided to the Office of Field Placements, Certification and TEC during the first semester in which the student is enrolled at the College. The documentation will be evaluated and approved on a case by case basis.

Qualifying experiences will have been conducted within the past ten years and may include teaching religious education classes, substitute teaching or being an instructional or teacher's aide in a classroom.

If a student does not have experience or cannot provide proof of fulfilling the Practicum requirement, the student may complete the Practicum in one of two ways:

1.  By enrolling in Junior Practicum at Felician College (2 credits, 1 semester)

2.  By volunteering in a classroom one day a week for a total of 15 weeks (75 hours). If this option is chosen, the student is responsible for securing his/her own practicum placement and obtaining Division of Teacher Education approval of the site before beginning the volunteer experience.

The student's performance is to be evaluated by his/her cooperating teacher or supervisor using the Evaluation Form provided by the Division of Teacher Education.

The student must receive a satisfactory evaluation if the experience is to fulfill the Junior practicum requirement. If the evaluation is unsatisfactory, the student must then enroll and successfully complete the Junior Practicum course at Felician College in order to be approved for student teaching. 

The Junior Practicum requirement must be approved and completed the semester before beginning Student Teaching.

STUDENT TEACHING REQUIREMENTS

Every student in the Post-Baccalaureate Intensive Teacher Certification Program must complete Student Teaching, the capstone course of the program. (Exceptions to this requirement are those students who currently hold a valid New Jersey Teaching Certification in one area and are now seeking a second certification in another area.)

Student teaching provides the prospective teacher with a teaching experience in an educational setting under the direct supervision of a cooperating teacher and a college supervisor. Student Teaching is offered during the fall and spring semesters and is an unpaid experience. Student teaching placements are obtained only through the Division of Teacher Education.

To enroll in Student Teaching, students must have completed all required general education and professional coursework, along with the Junior Practicum requirement. Under some circumstances, approval may be granted to take one of the following courses along with Student Teaching: PH200, Philosophical Foundations of Education or
ED102, Physiology, Hygiene and Nutrition

To waive the student teaching requirement, the student must provide written documentation providing proof of having taught as a full-time teacher in an approved/certified public or private school for a minimum of three years within the past ten years. The teaching should have been in the area in which the certification is being sought. Documentation must be provided during the student's first semester enrolled at the College and it will be evaluated/approved by the Division of Teacher Education.