Office of Clinical Experience

The Office of Clinical Experience purposefully bridges the content and course work Hamline School of Education and Leadership students gain in the classroom with meaningful and positive clinical experiences in neighboring schools and school districts.

Background Check For All Clinical Experiences

Students are responsible for completing, submitting, and paying for all background checks.  This includes all field experience and student teaching placements. Specific school district background checks and directions can be found here: 

School District Background Check Information  

Graduate Petition Form

Students must complete a petition for changes in their program that may happen during clinical experiences. Please discuss your situation with your HSEL staff and/or faculty advisor prior to submitting a petition. The petition form can be found here.

Petitions requesting a late withdrawal or a late drop are handled through a different process. Contact your staff advisor for information. 

Graduate Petition Form

Hamline Supervisor Application

HSEL is always seeking experienced and talented teachers to serve as supervisors for our student teachers.  If you are interested in being considered for this work, we encourage you to submit an application found  here.  We particularly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups such as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, veterans, and those with disabilities. 

Applications for fall semester supervisors will be reviewed each May.  Applications for spring semester supervisors will be reviewed each November.  All applications are held for one year after submission. 

Hamline Supervisor Application

Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT)

Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT)

Resources for BIPOC Aspiring Teachers

Student Teaching Overseas-Educators Abroad Program

To learn more about this opportunity contact Joe Lewis at jlewis06@hamline.edu.  You can also read a little more about in in our Intake Resource Packet. 

Please note that you will still need to complete the student teaching application form and other pre-student teaching requirements even if you participate in Educators Abroad for your student teaching.

You can learn more about Educators Abroad on their website www.eductorsabroad.org.

Teaching Opportunities

Please view the many different job opportunities on Hamline's Handshake Career Development Center.