Our recruitment and placement process is lengthy – we fill over 1,800 Field Experience placements a year!
If we successfully matched you with a pre-service teacher, we anticipate confirming those details with you and your School Administration team approximately one month before the Field Experience begins.
Unfortunately, we are not always able to find a suitable match for all our placements and partner teachers.
Please know we will do our very best – we are very thankful so many Partner Teachers are interested in mentoring a pre-service teacher from the Werklund School of Education.
May
- We start reaching out to School Principals & Liaisons with our Partner Teacher Recruitment form.
- Based on student registration numbers, we start inviting specific schools to host our Field Experience I cohorts.
June
- We put out another call for Partner Teachers and supportive schools
- We contact School Principals, Liaisons and Partner Teachers to confirm:
- the partner teacher information we recorded is correct and current
- we have the full support of the Partner Teacher, School Principal, Liaisons and School Boards to consider placing a student teacher with each Partner Teacher
- We confirm our Field Experience I host schools
July
- We begin the placement process, tentatively planning Pre-Service Teachers matches with Partner Teachers
August
- Late August: We put out another call for Partner Teachers and supportive schools
- Late August: We reconfirm School Principals, Liaisons and Partner Teachers availability, teaching assignment and school support. Note: We require the full support of the Partner Teacher, School Principal, Liaisons and School Boards to consider placing a Pre-Service Teacher with each Partner Teacher
September
- Early September: We confirm our Field Experience I placements
- Late September: We confirm our Field Experience III & IV placements in Late September
October
- If we successfully matched a Partner Teacher with a Field Experience III&IV pre-service teacher, we start connecting our Pre-Service Teachers with their Schools and Partner teachers.
November
- If we were not successful matching a Partner Teacher with a Field III/IV Pre-Service teacher, we will reach out with an invitation to mentor a Field Experience II pre-service teacher.
- We reconfirm School Principals, Liaisons and Partner Teachers availability, teaching assignment and school support. Note: We require the full support of the Partner Teacher, School Principal, Liaisons and School Boards to consider placing a Pre-Service Teacher with each Partner Teacher
January
- If we successfully matched a Partner Teacher with a Field Experience II pre-service teacher, we start connecting our Pre-Service Teachers with their Schools and Partner teachers.
March
- If a teacher had indicated they were interested in serving as a Field Experience II Partner Teacher, but we were not successful matching them with one, we will reach out to let them know in mid-late March