Student Teaching Is Integral to Your Learning
Becoming a teacher requires hard work and commitment to making a difference in the lives of students. When you become an Antioch student, you will be closely guided and assessed during all field experiences. You will develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead a successful teaching career.
Experience the Full Support of Antioch Faculty and Partnering Schools
Antioch's student teachers are placed in public schools that have diverse student populations and we partner with excellent, certificated mentor teachers. You will first be an observer and placed in a variety of classrooms for the field experience portion of your learning. For one week in each of the first three quarters of the program, you will observe an experienced teacher and his/her classroom. Your observation continues with an additional two weeks in the same classroom where you will be student teaching. You are a student teacher for ten weeks. This means you will need to be available for 15 weeks of classroom observation/student teaching as part of the program.
Antioch partners with several schools in the greater Seattle area.
During student teaching, you create lesson plans that address the state learning goals for various grade levels. You will participate as an intern in the daily life of a classroom teacher, including attending faculty meetings, committee work and parent conferences. You will be assigned a university field instructor who will observe you at least once a week and meet with you to discuss your progress and provide written feedback.
When you finish student teaching, you will complete the Washington State Teachers Performance Assessment. When all required student teaching documents are submitted, documenting that you have met all the requirements for WA state Teacher Certification and Antioch University student teaching requirements, you will be issued a temporary K-8 teaching permit or issued a temporary WA state teaching permit in your area of endorsement by Antioch's certification officer, Rita Hunter.
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