Student Teaching and Substitute Teaching

Owned by Laura Lehman (Deactivated)
Feb 10, 2022
1 min read

A school division may offer an opportunity to substitute teach during your student teaching semester. The following guidelines must be considered and followed in determining whether or not a student teacher may substitute in their own classroom. 

  • The student teacher must be on the substitute list of the school division (this process varies by school division). 

  • The student teacher may only substitute in the classroom of their student teaching assignment. 

  • A student teacher may substitute up to 3 days in a single seven-week placement. 

  • The student teacher must have assumed full responsibility for all instruction in the classroom, which typically occurs in the last four weeks of the placement, prior to substitute teaching. 

  • Permission to substitute must be received in writing (email is sufficient) from the building principal, the cooperating teacher, and the university consultant and provided to the teacher education office.

  • If permission to substitute teach is granted, the student teacher may count the hours in their student teaching record.