Field Placement

Please contact your site liaison or field placement coordinator if you have any questions regarding your field placement.

Campus/Online: Bill Conrad
Cynthiana: Mary June Brunker
Louisville:  Rita Warfield
Somerset: Conley Manning

Dates to consider:

 Undergrad Checkpoint Information for 2012

Easter Weekend – No SCD classes:  April 6^th and 7^th

Spring Checkpoint I and II portfolios due:  April 16^th, no later than 5 p.m.

Spring Checkpoint I phone interviews held:  May 1^st and 2^nd, as needed (for those further than 50 miles away from Midway’s main campus or the Somerset off campus site).

Spring Checkpoint I and II face to face interviews:  May 3^rd, starting at 6 p.m.

EDU 316 and EDU 317 Summer Methods on Midway Campus:  June 18^th through June 29^th

EDU 318 and EDU 319 Summer Methods on Midway Campus:  July 9^th through July 20^th

Summer Checkpoint II dates (for those student taking Methods classes this summer):

Summer Checkpoint II portfolios due:  July 8^th, no later than 5 p.m.

Summer Checkpoint II interviews held:  July 17^th, 18^th, and 19^th (as needed), beginning at 5:30 p.m.

SCD classes begin:  August 17^th and 18^th
Women’s College classes begin:  August 21st

Teacher Education Diversity Workshop (required of all Teacher Education majors):  Saturday, October 20^th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Thanksgiving Break – No SCD classes:  November 23^rd and 24^th
Women’s College classes end:  December 7^th
SCD classes end:  December 7^th and 8^th

Who needs to go through it?

Checkpoint I
*For students who are in their first semester of EDU courses, or for those students who have not yet gone through Checkpoint I who are currently enrolled in EDU courses

Checkpoint II
**For students who plan on student teaching during the Fall 2012 semester

Checkpoint III
***For students who will be completing student teaching during the Spring 2012 semester

Requirements for each Checkpoint portfolio can be found in Section 1 of the Teacher Education Student Handbook, which can be accessed online here: http://eagles.midway.edu/ted/students/handbook.htm

Praxis Testing
Visit www.ets.org if you are interested in taking the Praxis.

If you need to know what test you need for Praxis II, the test codes are on the Teacher Education website http://eagles.midway.edu/ted/students/PraxisII.htm. Or you can go to http://www.ets.org/praxis/ky .

Praxis II® Test Dates and Deadlines

Praxis Computer-based Testing
Computer-based testing for the Praxis I® Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST)  and select Praxis II test are offered continuously throughout the year.

You may take the computer-based test PPST and Praxis II only once per calendar month, and no more than six times within a 12-month period. This applies even if you canceled your scores on a test taken previously.

For dates and to schedule an appointment, call Thomson Prometric:

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET, (excluding holidays)
1-800-853-6773
1-443-751-4859
1-800-529-3590 (TTY)

You may also call the test center directly to schedule your appointment.

Kentucky

Please email dsweatt@midway.edu if you have additional information/news for upcoming Teacher Education Announcements.