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Guidelines Two semesters before your student teaching experience: 1. Apply for student teaching one year in advance of the intended student teaching semester. During priority registration, submit a COST application (Word) as well as a regular student teaching application to the COST coordinator, 104 Taylor Education Building. Student teaching applications are available on-line at http://www.uky.edu/Education/OFE/ofestud.html. 2. Enroll in EDC 554: Culture, Education, and Teaching Abroad. This is a prerequisite course for program participation, and it is only offered in the fall. 3. Obtain a passport
from: One semester before your student teaching experience: 4. Register for student teaching (12 credit hours for undergraduates; 9 credit hours for MIC students). 5. Complete state-mandated criminal records check, which includes an FBI 10-Fingerprint card. 6. Apply for a degree according to University deadlines through the Student Services Office (166 Taylor Education Building). 7. Apply for a teaching certificate through the Student Services Office. Note: All students seeking teacher certification in Kentucky must successfully complete the Praxis II exams; so, make sure you have taken all necessary exams before you go overseas. Information and registration forms are available in 166 TEB or at www.ets.org/praxis. 8. Make travel arrangements. 9. Provide the COST coordinator with information about your flight plans (airline, flight number and arrival time). Ask any questions you may have related to your placement or housing. 10. Provide COST coordinator and your family with the name, address, and phone number of your overseas hosts. 11. Register with the UK Career Center in the Stuckert Building at 408 Rose Street in order to receive job placement information. The Career Center may be accessed on?line at http://www.uky.edu/CareerCenter 12. Obtain Office of International Affairs study abroad documents (Student Information Checklist for UK Exchange Programs, etc.) from COST coordinator. Obtain International Student ID through the Office of International Affairs, and visit them in Bradley Hall. Peruse the library there to find information about traveling abroad. Contact Mary Ann Cooper or Melinda Miller at (859)257-4067 for more information. 13. Once you have received your placement apply for a visa, if required. Previously, only Australia, New Zealand and South Africa required a visa, but with the events of September 11, many countries have changed their security requirements. It is best to check with the consulate of the country in which you will be student teaching for information about requirements since most visa applications require exact information about where you will be living and working. Procedures vary from site to site. Note: You won’t be able to do this until your placement is confirmed from COST headquarters. Since the process can be lengthy, you will need to act quickly and may want to pay extra fees to expedite service. . 14. Obtain liability insurance for teaching by joining a professional organization. This is available through the Office of Advancement and Student Affairs, 133c Dickey Hall.
16. Check with your physician or travel agent about necessary immunizations. Know your blood type. 17. Make an appointment to meet with the COST Coordinator to pick up Departure Packet. This packet has all of your final evaluation forms, the COST Information Guide for your cooperating teacher at your COST site, and COST student survey. Bring a copy of your travel itinerary and emergency contact information. 18. Make three copies of pages two and three of your passport. Leave one copy with the COST Coordinator, leave one at home and carry the other one in a different place than the original. 19. Obtain traveler’s insurance, especially if you’re going standby or no frills. While you are away, be sure to: 20. Send electronic journal entries reflecting about your student teaching and cultural experiences to Julie Cleary at julie.cleary@uky.edu. Guidelines will be included in your placement packet. 21. Send us an email, a postcard or letter once your placement is underway to let us know you have arrived safely. We would also like to have photos of you at work in your classroom to share with other prospective candidates. If you have a digital camera, we would appreciate these pictures on a CD. We will share these pictures with the COST Director, post the photos on our COST bulletin board, and include them on our COST web site. (Make sure you’re in some of those photos!) 22. Prepare a portfolio using guidelines provided in the placement packet. 23. Before the last day of the semester, send your final evaluation, student survey, and material from your placement to the student teaching office. Important Note: It is your responsibility to have your completed evaluation form returned to 104 TEB before the end of the semester in order to have a grade recorded for student teaching. You cannot graduate until this grade has been recorded. You may want to fax the evaluation to UK at (859)257-2734 to be sure it is received before the end of the semester. Note: If you fax it, be sure to call or email the Office of Field Experiences to confirm that it has arrived. (Phone: (859)257-7974, email: julie.cleary@uky.edu). We will require the original evaluation form for your permanent file upon your return to the states. 24. Secure a letter of recommendation from the cooperating teacher(s) and other supervisor(s) who you work with at the overseas site. When you return 25. Contact our office to let us know that you have arrived home safely and make an appointment for a debriefing session. 26. Make arrangements with your program faculty to review your portfolio and evaluation. 27. Contact your host family to let them know you arrived home safely. Application deadlines are approximately one year prior to the semester you plan to student teach. Submit all COST applications to 104 TEB at the same time you submit your regular student teaching application (during priority registration) which should be two semesters before you student teach. Students must apply for student teaching one year in advance of the intended student teaching semester. All University of Kentucky standard eligibility requirements must be met in order to participate in the COST program. In addition, candidates must submit an application (Word version or PDF version which requires Adobe Reader), three letters of recommendation, maintain a 3.0 GPA and successfully complete the preparatory course EDC 554: Culture, Education and Teaching Abroad, which is offered FALL semesters only. Those accepted will have demonstrated above average ability, good character, flexibility, and strong motivation. Tuition for student teaching overseas is the same as it would be for student teaching locally. Applications for scholarships, specifically allotted for the COST program are available through 166 TEB, as are applications for a number of other scholarships which could be applied. In addition to tuition, which is paid directly to UK, the following expenses should be considered: • $100 application
fee with application will be refundable only if a placement cannot
be made. In English-speaking countries, student teachers are placed in local schools affording excellent opportunities to become acquainted with the culture and educational system. The curriculum follows national models and students come from the local community. In non-English speaking countries, students are placed in independent, international or American schools. These are non-profit, non-denominational, private schools established for the purpose of providing bilingual instruction preparatory for entrance into colleges or universities in the United States or other countries. Classes range from preschool through secondary school. The curriculum follows American or Western European models in various combinations with the curriculum of the host country. Since English is the primary language of instruction in the host schools, student teachers do not need to speak the language of the country fluently. However, it is advantageous to have knowledge of the language, particularly for teaching at the preschool or early elementary levels where the children may be in the early stages of learning English. Returning students often comment on the opportunity afforded by this program to learn and practice foreign language skills. Placements are made in selected schools in various countries, including: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and Switzerland. Listed below are some of the useful electronic resources to help keep you in touch while you are away, but fight the urge to sit in front of your computer excessively while you are guests in another culture. Take advantage of your brief time there. Take in the local culture and become a part of it. Resource
Guide Toward Best Practice: Tips for Mentoring Kentucky’s Intern
Teachers Supervision
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