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As a student teacher, you'll be teaching five days per week for the entire school day. By the end of your education, you'll have at least 13 weeks of experience. Though student teachers work closely with their teacher mentors, teacher candidates quickly take over the full responsibilities of running a classroom.

An essay and teacher recommendations are required, and SAT subject tests are strongly recommended.

Student teaching is the final step toward obtaining your teacher certification after completing an undergraduate degree. Typically, student teachers will join a live classroom for one full semester that lasts approximately 14-16 weeks, though placement lengths vary between states and programs.

As a student teacher, you'll be teaching five days per week for the entire school day. By the end of your education, you'll have at least 13 weeks of experience. Though student teachers work closely with their teacher mentors, teacher candidates quickly take over the full responsibilities of running a classroom.

StateMinimum amount of instructional times per school year (by grade, if applicable)Minimum number of hours per school day In days California 180 Kindergarten=3.0; grades 1-3=3.8; grades 4-12=4.0 Colorado 160 † Connecticut 180 †48 more rows

Accelerate Complete Engage at Queens College (ACE QC) Modeled after CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), ACE provides a range of financial, academic, and personal support, including intensive academic advisement and career counseling and tuition, textbook, and transportation assistance.

Candidates in the MSED TESOL program who hold a NYS teaching certificate are asked to complete one semester observation (25 hours), one semester of fieldwork (25 hours), and 1 semester of student teaching either in the fall or spring semesters. The semester of student teaching requires a minimum of 100 hours.

Public-school teachers teach an average of 1 001 hours per year at the pre-primary level, 782 hours at the primary level, 694 hours at the lower secondary level and 655 hours at the upper secondary level of education.