Announcements:

  • Spring 26 Student Teachers: 

    • Are you in Bozeman before graduation? Stop by the Field Placement office to get a new set of fingerprints needed for licensing and to have your affirmation notarized!
    • Are you somewhere else until May 6th? Fingerprints can be taken anywhere. Notary services and fingerprinting will still be available on May 6th and 7th.
    • MAT students: fingerprinting and notary services are available anywhere, you don't need to be in Bozeman. Just use Google!

  • Spring 26 Practicum Students:

    • Are you Student Teaching Spring 2027? You must attend an info session. Choose one below. Watch Monday Minutes for more information.
        • April 27th @ 10am Reid 425
        • May 1st @3pm Reid 201

  • Fall 26 Practicum Students

    • Are you Student Teaching Spring 2027? Please see above. The Info session is MANDATORY!
    • Did you receive an email requesting a new background check? The Field Placement office is open all summer. Your background check MUST be completed before you go into schools. You can also get a background check while not in Bozeman. Please click on the Background Check link to the right for more information.

  • Fall 26 Student Teachers:

    • In area placements will be announced May 1st
    • Out of Area/State placements will be announced as they are confirmed.

  • University Recommendation

  • Future Teachers: Is your student teaching semester approaching? Click on the Student Teaching link to the right for a timeline and checklist. 
  • Fingerprinting Services are now available at the FPLO Office! Click here for the fingerprinting schedule.
  • Have you started an application on Teach Montana? 
    Follow this link for Frequently Asked Questions!

About Us

We are proud of our field-based teacher preparation program and believe that through these experiences our graduates make a more successful transition from student to teacher.  The field experiences are integrated throughout the teacher preparation program so there are ample opportunities to use theories and methods taught on campus  in a K-12 classroom setting.

The Co-Teaching model for field experiences is a model that has been embraced by our teacher education program because of the benefits it gives to the teacher candidate, the cooperating teacher, and ultimately the children in the K-12 classrooms.  The field experiences for practicum students are based locally.  For student teaching, teacher candidates may stay within Montana, go out-of-state, or take advantage of our International Placement program (Fall Semester only!).  We encourage a 14 week placement for student teaching, which provides the most benefits for our students.

Whether you are a practicum student in your methods courses or a teacher candidate ready to student teach, you will be given a cooperating teacher with a minimum of three years of teaching experience, as well as a field supervisor to assist you. 

We wish you success as you enter a more challenging phase of your teacher education program and look forward to working with you until you become a licensed teacher.

 

All the best,

Rhonda Coombs

Director of Field Placement and Licensure