Teacher Candidate Field Experience
PennWest Clinical Experience Manual - Student Teaching
Anthology Portfolio (formerly Chalk & Wire) Link Recovery Instructions
* Mentor Teachers - follow the instructions at the above link to recover your Anthology Portfolio (formerly Chalk & Wire) assessment submission link.
D2L Login Instructions - Guest access
*All Teacher Candidates and Mentor Teachers must complete the appropriate Profile found at the following links:
Mentor Teacher Profile
Act 91 - Student Teachers as Substitute Teachers
This page provides various documents and resources used during the Teacher Candidate Experience.
Candidate preservice assessment of Student teaching (CPAST)
Student teaching performance profile (stpp)
Teacher Candidate Work Sample
Teacher Candidate Lesson Plan Templates
Act 48 Information
Mentor Teacher Survey
Forms/Information
General Information
Candidate Preservice Assessment of Student Teaching (CPAST)
Mentor Teacher/Student Teacher Training
CPAST 3-way Conference Consensus Form
Student Teaching Performance Profile (STPP)
These evaluation forms, one for each major, are used to define student teacher's progress throughout the placement. It is often helpful to print one out and use it periodically to show the student teacher strengths and weaknesses and to document progress or the lack of progress if necessary. This is the final evaluation form.
Secondary English (PDF)
Special Education Reading (PDF)
Rubric for grading Regular Ed STPPs
Rubric for grading Special Education STPP
This Work Sample is only required for the following majors: Early Childhood, Middle Level, and Secondary Education.
This form is to be completed at the end of the first placement and given to the University Supervisor.
ECH Teacher Work Sample and Rubric
Middle Level and Secondary Teacher Work Sample
Middle Level and Secondary Teacher Work Sample Rubric
Teacher Candidate Lesson Plan Template
ECH 1-6 Block and ECH Teacher Candidate Lesson Plan
This plan is to be used in PreK-6 Block and Early Childhood Student Teaching.
Mid & Secondary Lesson Plan
This format is to be used by the teacher candidate unless otherwise approved by the
university supervisor.
Special Education Lesson Plan
This format is to be used by the teacher candidate unless otherwise approved by the
university supervisor.
Mentor teachers of BLOCK students can receive 20 hours of Act 48 for each student they supervise. Mentor teachers must fill out a weekly (4) Teacher Candidate Feedback Form during the placement to receive Act 48 hours. Teacher Candidates will upload their feedback forms to the Chalk & Wire system. Mentor Teachers must also complete the Act 48 Google Form. The Act 48 Google Form will be sent to mentor teachers during the BLOCK placement. If you do not receive the Act 48 Google Form by the conclusion of the placement, please contact ofs@pennwest.edu.
Teacher Candidate Feedback Form (Must complete weekly to receive Act 48 hours)
Please take some time and fill out the mentor teacher exit survey. You will receive the survey link from the Office of Field Services near the end of the teacher candidate's placement. This information will provide valuable feedback about how our teacher candidates are performing inside your classroom. This information will also be used to help guide changes to our teacher preparation program(s) at CUP.
PennWest Clinical Experience Manual - Student Teaching
PDE 430 and PDE 430A Evaluation Forms
- PDE 430 Evaluation Form
- PDE 430A Supplement Worksheet (ECH, MIDLEVEL, SEC)
- PDE 430A Supplement Worksheet (SPED)
- All evaluations are required to be completed twice during the student teaching experience, once for each placement. *English Majors will complete ONLY one set of evaluations due to their extended placement.
- Once completed, the forms are to be reviewed with the student teacher, signed (where applicable) and submitted electronically to the Office of Field Services at ofs@pennwest.edu.
- A copy of the completed and signed form is to be given to the student teacher for their records.
Incident/Accident Form
This form is to be used whenever a student teacher is injured during the placement
when the injury has resulted from any activity related to the student teaching assignment.
Please contact the Associate Dean/Director of Field Services immediately when this
form is required.
Travel Log Form
Although you are not required to use this form, the travel log form has been developed
to help you with detail regarding your student teacher supervision travel. This form
may be submitted with your travel voucher request form for mileage reimbursement.
The following information will help you work with teacher candidates at any of the four stages of PDE-required field experience. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Field Services at +1 814 393 2144.
PDE Field Experience Requirements Course Requirements by Certification Major:
This manual explains which course include field experience requirements, which stage(s)
of field experience are within the course, and what the teacher candidates must do
when visiting the public school classroom.
This is the form to be used to report any missed days at the end of the teacher candidate's placement.
Teacher Candidate Program Overview
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Link to Title 22 and Chapter 235, "Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators".
Please review this information prior to and throughout the field experience to further
develop your own professionalism.
Video Instructional Points (VIP) Seminar
This information may be used to help structure video lessons if this is desired to help the student teacher.