Field Experiences

Student Teaching

Overview: The Student Teaching Application Process

NOTE: Please do not try to arrange your own student teaching assignment

Click here for Student Teaching and Graduation Application information meetings. This information will also be posted in the Education Building , academic departments.

Purchase The University of Montana Student Teaching Handbook at The Bookstore at The University of Montana.

Access the Elementary or Secondary / K-12 Student Teaching Application under Forms. Save it your own computer or a disk and complete application according to directions.

Students interested in completing an out-of-state or an international student teaching assignment must have a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 3.0 and two recommendations. Requirements and information are available from the Student Teaching Office and the Director of Field Experiences.

Student Teaching Application Deadlines in relation to major and preferred location:

When	Majors and Location	Application Due
Spring Semester	All Foreign Language & Music majors; also, any placement requested out of state, abroad or beyond a 50-mile radius of Missoula	May 30
Fall Semester	All Foreign Language & Music majors; also, any placement requested out of state, abroad or beyond a 50-mile radius of Missoula	December 30
Spring Semester	Missoula and surrounding area	Third Monday in September
Fall Semester	Missoula and surrounding area	Third Monday in February