• Office of Credentials
• Office of Student Placements
• Field Experience
• Clinical Practice

For more information or an inquiry, contact soecredentials@apu.edu.

The Office of Student Placements is part of the Division of Teacher Education. The clinical work of student teaching and other course related field experiences have long been recognized as the essential component to the preparation of teachers as it serves as the crucial link between formal preparation and full-time independent teaching.

If you are a Track A candidate for field experience, you are required to submit the following items (to the individual specified in each placeholder directions) in Taskstream in order to receive credit:  

• Demographics information (Taskstream form - by week 2 of placement)
• Employment verification - if applicable (uploaded document - by week 2 of placement)
• Time log (uploaded document - by last week of placement)
• Host Teacher Evaluation (uploaded document - last week of placement)
• One-Page Reflection (uploaded document - by end of term)
• Field Experience Completion Request (Taskstream form - after all items have been evaluated)

If you are a Track B candidate for field experience, you are required to submit the following items to your university mentor in Taskstream in order to receive credit:  

• Demographics information (Taskstream form - by week 2 of placement)
• Employment verification (uploaded document - by week 2 of placement)
• Lesson Plan (Taskstream form - before observation)
• Observation Form (uploaded document - after observation)
• Site Administrator Evaluation - MS/SS only (by last week of placement)
• One-Page Reflection (uploaded document - by the end of the term)
• Field Experience Completion Request (Taskstream form - after all items have been evaluated)

As a candidate for clinical practice, you are required to submit the following items to your university mentor in Taskstream:

• Demographic information for placement(s) (Taskstream form - by the end of week 2 of placement)
• ​Request for completion of the Quantitative/Qualitative Evaluation by University Mentor (beginning of week 7)
• Request for completion of the Quantitative/Qualitative Evaluation by Master Teacher or Site Administrator (beginning of week 7)
• Master Teacher/Candidate Signatures (at the end of each placement)
• Request for completion of the Dispositions Assessment by the University Mentor (at the beginning of week 9 of CP II)
• Clinical Practice Portfolio (uploaded link - during week 9 of CP II)
  • You should send the link to your ePortfolio to your mentor in an email before the first observation of CP I so they may view the portfolio at any time.  Your mentor is responsible for officially evaluating the portfolio after CP 2, when you are to submit the link in Taskstream officially.  (See template links below for each program CP portfolio template.)
• Signature Assignments - SPED candidates only (at the beginning of week 9 of each term)

As a candidate for clinical practice, you are required to submit the following items to your program administrative assistant:

• Mentor Evaluation (at the end of CP II)
• Master Teacher Evaluation (Taskstream form - at the end of each placement)
• Clinical Practice Survey (at the end of CP II)

IMPORTANT:  It is your university mentor's responsibility to complete the quantitative/qualitative evaluation(s) in Taskstream as well as input the master teacher's evaluation(s) once you have submitted the request in Taskstream for each of them.  Contact him/her if you are waiting for this to be completed.  

*Concerning the Clinical Practice Portfolio, send the link to your portfolio to your university mentor in an email before the first observation of CP I.  The official evaluation (at the end of CP 2) will be completed by the university mentor.  This is when you must submit the link to your portfolio in your program DRF in Taskstream.  Find a sample portfolio link below.

If you have further questions concerning Taskstream, please contact soetaskstream@apu.edu.