Supervised Field Experience Placement
The Teacher Intern is responsible for securing a place of employment for the Internship, which must include a job offer from a public school district in the State of California. Placements are reviewed by the OEPP to ensure compliance-based on CTC and USU criteria for diverse classroom settings prior to a Teacher Intern beginning their field experience.
Bilingual Authorization in Spanish: Candidates seeking a Bilingual Authorization in Spanish through the USU credential program must complete clinical practice experiences that provide opportunities to develop and demonstrate bilingual instructional competencies. Candidates must be placed in an appropriate classroom setting where Spanish is used as a language of instruction and where they can apply bilingual instructional strategies to support multilingual learners.
During the clinical practice experience, candidates must demonstrate the ability to:
- Provide literacy and academic content instruction in Spanish
- Support students’ development of academic language in both Spanish and English
- Apply effective instructional practices for bilingual and multilingual learners
- Demonstrate knowledge of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices
Candidates must also demonstrate proficiency in teaching reading and literacy skills in English, consistent with the expectations for the credential authorization being sought.
Prior to beginning the internship experience, candidates pursuing the Bilingual Authorization in Spanish must satisfy all applicable CTC requirements for bilingual authorization, including demonstration of Spanish language proficiency and cultural knowledge through a CTC-approved pathway. Candidates may meet these requirements through approved examination pathways, including the applicable CSET Spanish examinations, or through another CTC-approved option, as permitted by current Commission requirements.
USU verifies that candidates have met all required bilingual authorization prerequisites prior to recommending candidates for the appropriate credential authorization.
If the public school and USU calendars differ, candidates are required to follow the School site calendar. Some schools are on a traditional calendar while others are on a year-round calendar. Therefore, candidates will follow the schedule of the school district in which they have been placed.