Required Hours: Undergraduate student teachers must attend their placement daily until the end of the semester (15 weeks) in alignment with their mentor teacher's contract hours. A typical “contracted” teacher school day consists of arriving at least 30 minutes before the school day begins, staying at least 30 minutes after the school day ends, and tending to all teacher commitments (meetings, staff, parent, grade-level collaboration, etc.). 

Absences: Five days of absences are permitted for any reason. Absences must be documented on the timecard and communicated with the mentor teacher before the contract day begins. Arriving late or leaving early (30+ minutes) will count as a half-day absence. Student teachers should provide advance notification and document partial-day absences on their timecard. 

Progression of Responsibilities: Beginning the first week of the placement, student teachers are required to be actively engaged in all elements of the classroom. All student teachers must assume the lead responsibility for classroom teaching, grading, and lesson planning for a minimum of four to six weeks during the semester. 

We ask that student teachers do not:

• Complete work of a personal nature for the mentor teacher, such as running errands off the school grounds.

• Sit in the back of the classroom, disengaged from students and the instruction. Provide suggestions for intentional observations or specific note-taking by the student teacher.

• Regularly complete tasks that are out of the classroom space (student teachers need to watch and do to learn).

• Manage the classroom without direct observation from the mentor teacher (excludes contracted student teachers).

Student Teachers should assume teaching responsibilities as suggested in the Student Teacher Responsibility Guide. 

Required Hours: Students who are in approved paid/contracted positions will follow the contracted start/end dates established in their school’s calendar and must be a minimum of 15 weeks.  

Absences: Five days of absences are permitted for any reason. Absences must be documented on the timecard and apprentice teachers must follow the district and or school absence policy. In addition to being required to follow ASU’s absence policy, students in paid/contracted (job-embedded) experiences need to follow the district or school absence policy. 

Progression of Responsibilities: Beginning the first week of the placement, student teachers are required to be actively leading all elements of classroom instruction. 

Student Teachers should assume teaching responsibilities as suggested in the Student Teacher Responsibility Guide.