Termination & Remediation

An individual candidate’s field experience assignment will be terminated if school officials (e.g., the Cooperating Teacher, the school principal) and/or the University Supervisor recommend termination. The termination will be justified by official documentation that indicates any of the following: the candidate jeopardizes instructional processes at the school; the candidate has exhibited a lack of professionalism and/or unethical behavior; the candidate has not demonstrated the expected professional dispositions and there are substantial concerns about this area of the candidate’s development. If the documentation also indicates that the candidate had adequate time and opportunity to remedy the problem(s) and has not successfully worked with the school and the University Supervisor to resolve the problem(s), then the candidate is removed from the classroom setting and not placed in another setting during the same semester.

University Supervisors must discuss any consideration for termination with the Director of Field Placement, who will inform the appropriate Chair. Decisions regarding grade, opportunities for remediation, and subsequent reassignment will be made by the Director of Field Placement after consultation with the University Supervisor, the Advisor, and the appropriate Chair.

If a joint decision recommends remediation and a new placement for the field experience, a remediation plan that addresses the specific areas of concern will be developed with input from the candidate’s University Supervisor, Cooperating Teacher, Advisor, Chair, and the Director of Field Placement. Each remediation plan will be individualized for the teacher candidate, and implementation will be supervised by a University Supervisor and the Director of Field Placement. Specific time limits will be set, and the remediation plan must be successful completed prior to any new placement. It is important to note that a field experience can be repeated only once.  A violation of the Professional Contact Policy may result in the candidate's becoming ineligible for remediation.

If a joint decision by the Director of Field Placements, the University Supervisor, the Advisor, and the appropriate Chair does not recommend remediation and a new placement, the Chair will inform the appropriate Associate Dean. The Associate Dean will arrange a conference with the candidate to discuss options available and to recommend a course of action.