Placements, Student Teaching, and Clinical Practice

1. Choose and complete the appropriate background check for your program (Pre-Service Certificate, PreCheck, or DECAL).
2. Print, complete, and scan into a PDF the both the FERPA and Professional Tort Liability Insurance forms. You will be expected to upload these into the application.
3. Complete the online form. Note the entire application must be completed in one sitting.

Are you ready? Fill out the application

Select the Right Background Check

• Pre-Service Certificate Apply for this certificate if you are in a teacher-education program.

• Background Check (PreCheck) This background check is required if you are in a program other than teacher education, or are a teacher-education major who has not been officially admitted into your program. Note: PreCheck background check reports are considered valid for one year from date of purchase.

• DECAL: Bright From the Start National Fingerprint Background Check This additional fingerprint check will be needed if you will be placed in an early learning center or prekindergarten program licensed by the Department of Early Care and Learning. You will receive notice from the Office of Student Services if this background check is required.

• FERPA
  This form must be renewed annually.

• Tort Liability Insurance
  College of Education students are required to obtain Professional (Tort) Liability Insurance prior to engaging in a field experience. This insurance covers expenses related to civil suits brought against education students for acts or omissions that occur while at a school. This form is not required by athletic training majors, who are covered under a group policy through the academic program. This form is only required for students in the College of Education. Non-COE students do not need to complete this form.

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We are happy to answer your questions about experiential learning opportunities in the College of Education.

Office of Experiential Learning

• Placement Guidelines
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Financial Aid
• Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse