Application form for Student Teaching / Clinical Practice at the University of Nebraska at Kearney

To complete your student teaching semester, you must provide the Office of Educator Certification with complete application materials. All materials are posted here for those students who are academically ready to student teach and who meet the student teaching requirements as described in the UNK catalog.

If you plan to student teach in the fall, materials are due by the first Tuesday in February. After March 1, students will not be allowed to change their school placement requests.

If you plan to student teach in the spring, materials are due by the first Tuesday in September. After October 1, students will not be allowed to change their school placement requests. 

If you are not sure if you are academically ready, please contact your advisor.

Undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students please review the Student Teaching Placement Rules and Regulations Before Applying:

• Students may not be assigned to a secondary school from which they graduated.
• Students may not be assigned to a cooperating teacher who has taught the prospective student teacher as a student.
• Students may not student teach in any school building where they have relatives in attendance, such as children or siblings.
• Students may not be assigned to any school building where a relative is currently employed.
• Students may not student teach in any school district where a relative is a member of the School Board.
• Students may not student teach out-of-state in a school system other than Alief ISD and Garden City without filling out the Special Request Form. Additionally, a meeting should be requested with the Director of Field Experiences. 

If a teacher candidate wants to student teach at a school that does not meet one of the Student Teaching Placement Rules and Regulations, the teacher candidate must additionally fill out the Special Request Form that is a part of the application.