Non-Public/Private School Participation (Education Specialist Candidates)

Some candidates, based on his/her individualized academic plan, choose to use paid teaching in a non-public/private school (religious or independent). In order to meet program standards, these candidates must also complete a public school experience; typically this pubic school experience occurs during the summer. These candidates are placed by Dominican’s placement coordinator, using the following guidelines:

• It must be for the entire summer school session as the district has defined a session.
• It must be at the elementary or middle or high school level, based on the candidate’s selected emphasis area.
• It must involve teaching the subject(s) in which the candidate has demonstrated subject matter competence.
• It may be either paid or volunteer work.
• It must be supervised by the classroom teacher (in the case of student teaching) or the school administrator (in the case of paid work).

This experience must be documented in the following manner:

1. Daily journal reflections on his/her teaching experience, what his/her students are learning and how they know that;

2. Weekly observation notes from his/her school site supervisor (the classroom teacher or school administrator);

3. Weekly observation notes from his/her university supervisor;

4. Final evaluation form, Form #9/9A or Form #10/10A, completed by the school site supervisor (the classroom teacher or school administrator) and his/her university supervisor.

5. Complete documentation must be submitted to the program chair within two weeks of the completion of the summer session.