Full Time Student Teaching

Important Dates to follow (unless other arrangements are made through your liaison):
 

Spring 2024

First Six Weeks of Semester Jan 16, 2024 – Feb 23, 2024

• Graduate student at school-based placement full-time

Seventh week through End of Semester Feb 26, 2024 – May 3, 2024

• Graduate student at school-based placement full-time.

Midterm Evaluation Week of March 4, 2024 – March 8, 2024

Final Evaluation Week of April 29, 2024- May 3, 2024

Information about Student Teachers

Student teachers are nearing the end of their program and are in their 5th or 6th semester. Most students may have had experience with pediatrics, often in school-based settings, and should be able to demonstrate more independence in their skills. Some students may not have had prior experience and may require additional support and guidance at the beginning of the placement.   All students are expected to demonstrate consistent competency in all aspects expected of the setting by the end of the placement.   6th-semester students will be graduating at the end of their student teaching semester and beginning their CF year.

Students in their 5th-semester will be concurrently taking Public School Techniques but otherwise have completed all their academic courses; 6th-semester students will have completed all their coursework with the exception of Fluency and Public School Techniques, which they will be taking concurrently.  You should expect students to apply what they’ve learned in the following courses:  

• Normal Language Processes

• Disorders of Articulation and Phonology

• Language Assessment and Intervention in Early Childhood

• Aphasia

• Research Methods in Speech-Language Pathology

• Language Assessment and Intervention with School-Age Populations

• Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Pediatric Medical Issues

• Voice Disorders

• Advanced Speech and Voice Science

• Adult Dysphagia

• Communication Modalities and Assistive Technology

• Motor Speech Disorders in Children and Adults

• Acquired Cognitive Communicative Impairments

• Fluency Disorders

• Public School Techniques in Communication Disorders

In addition, all Student Teachers have completed Clinical Colloquium, where they received instructions on file reviews, assessments,  lesson plans, SOAPs, clinical writing, report writing, counseling, goal writing, teaching, teletherapy assessments/treatment, the supervisory process, ethics, HIPAA, FERPA, universal and standard precautions, and evidence-based practice.

Please review your student’s handbook for student teaching to become familiar with the expectations and requirements.   Please also visit the KSU Resources Page for a list of forms and resources provided to your student to be utilized at their placement.

You will have a university liaison whose role is to support you and the student in this process. Your liaison will contact you regarding regular check-ins and further additional details.  In order to maintain contact, each student has the opportunity to discuss concerns with their liaison and also during their weekly Public Schools Techniques academic class. If you have any concerns at any time, let us know sooner rather than later so your liaison can meet with you and the student and provide support.

Grading Student Teachers

Student Teachers will receive a midterm and a final performance evaluation through a web based program, Calipso, by scoring skills on a scale of 1-5.   A student receiving a score of 3, 4, or 5 on a skill indicates that basic competency is met.  Scores of 1 or 2 indicate that basic competency is not yet met, and the student will need to remediate in that area before graduating.  If a student is performing up to expectations but there has been a lack of opportunity in a particular area for the student, they should be scored based on their demonstrated skills and not penalized due to lack of opportunity.  Remember that all students will likely require some level of support, given that they are still in training.  All individual scores are averaged together to determine the final grade of “Pass” or “Fail.”  Please see our Calipso Information page and FAQs for further details on grading students.