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Student Teaching / Internship Opportunities
The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) recognizes teachers, school social workers, school psychologists and other human service professionals in training need rich educational experiences to fully develop their skills. Therefore, to assist in the development of these pre-professionals, CREC encourages its magnet schools and student services programs to utilize these trainees when it is appropriate and safe.
Intern and Student Teacher placement requests are accepted from partnering universities, colleges and alternative certification program. Students in pursuit of an internship or student teacher placement are to contact their university, college or alternative certification program. The university, college or alternative certification program will submit the student teacher's request for placement and will be notified of students' eligibility.
All Intern/ Student Teacher Requests must be processed through the CREC Institute of Teaching and Learning. Building administrators and/or classroom teachers are not authorized to set up a student teacher placement.
Administrator (092) Internship Requests are subject to approval by the Superintendent.
All Interns and Student Teachers must complete an application in the CREC AppliTrack system and must be cleared through a criminal history check before they begin their assignment at CREC.
The length of time and specifics of placement are determined by the requesting university. All student teachers obtaining a placement must adhere to the CREC Intern and Student Teacher Placement Guidelines. College students requesting classroom observations are required to submit an on-line application but are not required to be fingerprinted.
View our Student Teacher and Intern Handbook
CREC Student Teacher and Internship Placements Procedures
Placement Request
| Step 1 | Submit all required Student Teacher/Internship materials to your college or university, completing all necessary requirements. |
| Step 2 | After approval from your college or university, the faculty member coordinating your placement will send your application to CREC Human Resources. Please note any special requests on the application. |
| Step 3 | CREC Office of Human Resources will send the application to the appropriate administrator informing them of any special requests. |
| Step 4 | The principal or program administrator will notify Human Resources if a placement is available. Human Resources will contact the college or university placement office regarding the availability of a placement. |
| Step 5 | The college or university placement office will instruct you to contact the Cooperating Teacher to schedule an interview. Meet with the cooperating teacher and review our Student Teacher and Intern Handbook. |
Background Check
| Step 6 | Fingerprinting Guidelines and schedule a session - please note that CREC does not offer same-day or walk-in appointments. (If you are considering applying for positions in CREC region schools within one year of being fingerprinted, you may consider paying a $60.00 fee in order to have your fingerprint results shared with local or regional boards of education.) |
| Step 7 | Submit the following forms to CREC Human Resources
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Placement Approval
| Step 8 | Based on the outcome of interview, the principal or program director will communicate acceptance of the individual placement to the Human Resources department. |
| Step 9 | Human Resources will notify the sending college or university. |
| Step 10 | Begin your internship! |
For additional information, please contact CREC's Human Resources Department at (860) 509-3618.
