The final semester of the online ACT program requires full-time participation in a classroom. Candidates transitioning to their second career in teaching and not currently placed in a classroom will complete 14 weeks of student teaching for 11 credit hours. Student Teachers will be assigned classes in licensure content and spend seven weeks in a secondary school and seven weeks in a high school under the guidance of a master teacher selected by University Faculty.

Candidates, who are already serving in the classroom as temporary, emergency, or substitutes, will be able to apply their classroom experience toward 8 credits of the required student teaching component and complete their formal teaching credential.  Student Teaching, for all candidates, is conducted five days a week during normal school hours.  During that time, all candidates will be supported with training by a mentor.  Additional support will be provided by an online community of professionals just like you who will participate with you in the online student teaching seminar (TPP 475) 1 credit, and the online Evaluations (TPP 476) 2 credit course.