Application Deadlines
Application Information
Students apply for the yearlong internship two or three semesters before the student teaching semester (this varies by program area). Fall student teachers apply during the previous fall. Spring student teachers apply during the previous spring.
OSCP will not accept student teaching applications completed after the application deadline. Students who do not apply during the application period will have to postpone the start of their yearlong internship or student teaching experience.
Student Teaching Application Deadlines (Fall and Spring Semesters)
Important Dates
July, August/September & December/January: Advisors submit student names for the fall & spring application period
July, Mid-September – early October & mid-January – mid-February: Student application period (students complete the Canvas course, student teaching application, and submit all related documentation)
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to student teaching, students must meet the following minimum requirements:
Completion of all other course work
- An overall GPA of 2.50 or higher in the student’s total program of study
- Grades of C or higher in all professional education courses, and a GPA of 2.75 or higher in those courses
- Grades of C or higher in all courses in the student’s area of teaching specialization, and a GPA of 2.75 or higher in those courses
Prior admission to a teacher education program
- Senior Status
- Completion of at least one clinical experience in a diverse setting OR the student teaching placement may satisfy the diverse setting requirement.
- Students wishing to complete their yearlong internship or student teaching application must see the advisor in their education department for a link to the application. The advisor will determine if the student has met the requirements to apply for student teaching. Once the application is completed in Task Stream, an appointment is made with a faculty member in the Office of School and Community Partnerships.
- Students not previously enrolled in a yearlong internship must apply one semester prior to student teaching.
- Student teaching applications are submitted in Taskstream. Please contact your advisor to begin the process of submitting your application.
Undergraduate teacher education candidates participate in the yearlong internship during the final year of the program. During the first semester, students spend one day per week in an assigned classroom while completing coursework on campus. During the second (or third for undergraduate middle grades candidates) semester of the internship, students complete full-time student teaching in the same classroom.
Students not previously enrolled in a yearlong internship must apply one semester prior to student teaching.
Student teaching applications are submitted in Taskstream. Please contact your advisor to begin the process of submitting your application.
Questions?
Visit the Office of School & Community Partnerships, College of Education Building Suite 139, email oscp-coed@charlotte.edu, or call – 704-687-8802
Available to all Undergrads and most graduate candidates in the following programs: required for B-K, Elementary Education, Middle Grades, Special Education, Foreign Language Minors, Arts Education, and Secondary Education Minors.