You can substitute teach anywhere in your assigned building during your candidate teaching semester.

You are completing your candidate teaching experience in Hastings. You must pass the Praxis II and scores must be received no later than three weeks prior to your placement beginning.

Once you receive your official placement sheet from Margo, you then need to get in contact with your cooperating teacher and set up a time to meet.

You need to have to have a current NSEA-AE membership at the start and all the way through your candidate teaching semester.

It is no big deal to miss a day of candidate teaching.

It is no big deal to miss an Education Seminar Class.

Education Seminar is the one and only class you may take during your candidate teaching experience. It meets from 7pm to 9pm on Monday nights. You attendance is required.

Communication is VERY important during Candidate teaching.

You should check and respond to emails in your HC account at least once every 24-hours.

Once you receive the Candidate Teaching Handbook, you will be responsible for ALL information in the Candidate Teaching Handbook.

If you completed a background check this year, you do not need to complete another one prior to beginning candidate teaching.

Check all the apply in regards to professionalism.

It is important to be reflective, open to feedback and set goals for yourself to improve.

You only have to write lesson plans for the lessons that are observed.

We expect you to ask questions.

We expect you to not always get it right.