To apply for placement for clinical experience (EDUC 709, EDUC 713, EDUC 707, EDUC 537), you are required to fill out an application form in Taskstream. On the application form itself, you will be prompted to provide more detail about the geographic area where you wish to be placed. Please submit your application and supporting materials to the appropriate evaluator, as indicated below:

Placement in New York City: Submit to Helen  Gerken

Placement Outside of New York City: Submit to Ivan Toper

Distance Learning Campus if the first letter of your last name starts with A – M: Submit to Helen Gerken

Distance Learning Campus if the first letter of your last name starts with N – Z: Submit to Ivan Toper

Sarah Shenirer Seminary: Submit to Leah Donn

APPLICATION FOR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

EDUC 709 Student Teaching Experience

EDUC 713  Seminar in Teaching

EDUC 537 Critical Issues in American Education

EDUC 707 Mentoring Seminar in TESOL

Fall 2015 Clinical Experience Application Deadline:  March 9, 2015

Please be advised that March 9^th is the final day to apply for the Fall 2015 Clinical Experience placement. Applications received after the deadline will be deferred until the Spring 2016 semester.  The placement process begins with your application in TaskStream.  Instructions and guidelines are provided in TaskStream to enable candidates to complete the application and to determine eligibly for the appropriate clinical experience course.  See course descriptions below.   

Requests for placement will be processed in the order in which they are received.  To assist the placement officers in this effort, please complete all required information on TaskStream.  Your submission will not be considered complete until all required documentation has been submitted to TaskStream.  No action on your application will be taken, and no final determination of which clinical experience course is your correct placement will be made until all required documents have been submitted.  

Eligibility for the Clinical Experience:  Candidates must have completed  at least 30 credits with a minimum grade point average of 3.00, and must maintain the 3.00 grade point average during the term before the actual clinical experience.  For candidates preparing for initial certification, additional registration requirements include successful completion of the Content Specialty Test in the area of the degree being sought, completion of the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST), and the Educating All Students Test (EAS), completion of the methods of teaching course(s) as indicated below and completion of any unmet prerequisites in the 30 credit content area.  Candidates seeking additional certification in Teaching Students with Disabilities must also have completed the appropriate methods of teaching course in special education (EDUC 531 or EDUC 532).

Eligibility for EDUC 709 Clinical  Experience:

This course is for those candidates with no teaching experience.  The candidate will have student teaching experiences at both levels of the certificate sought, on a full time basis for the full semester.  (This is a volunteer, not a paid experience.) For candidates seeking dual certification, one of the placements will include working with students with disabilities in a collaborative, inclusion, or other designated special education classroom or setting.   Candidates are also required to attend the weekly seminar course offered at the college and must meet the academic criteria set forth in the course syllabus.

Eligibility for EDUC 713 or EDUC 707 Clinical Experience:

This course is for candidates who are currently working as fulltime teaching assistants or paraprofessionals in a classroom.  Per diem substitutes and teacher aides are not eligible to register for this course.  For any unmet teaching experiences at the level of the certificate being sought, a Mercy College field supervisor will be assigned to observe you teaching at least twice during the semester.

Eligibility for EDUC 537 Clinical Experience:

This course is for candidates who currently hold a teaching position as the teacher of record in a classroom.  All or some of the traditional clinical experience may already have been satisfied.  For any unmet teaching experiences at the level of the certificate being sought, a Mercy College field supervisor will be assigned to observe you teaching at least twice during the semester

 Documentation required:   

• All candidates must complete an application and submit a current resume.
• Some candidates may already have satisfied all or part of the required clinical experience.  This will be determined by the submission of the OT-11 form(s) and principal’s letter (s) verifying classroom teaching experience as a teacher, teaching assistant or paraprofessional at one or both of the levels of the teaching certificate sought. According to New York State Education Department regulations, any unmet teaching experience at the levels of the certificate sought will require 20 days (100 hrs) of classroom experience.

Specific certificate requirements:

• Upon review of your OT-11 form(s) and your principal’s letter, it will be determined if additional classroom experience is required to meet certification requirements.
• For those seeking tri-certification in early childhood, childhood education, and students with disabilities, one placement needs to be with students in Grades Pre-K, K, 1 or 2, and the other placement needs to be with students in Grades 4-6.  For those seeking to add the Students with Disabilities certification, you would need to have a placement working with students with disabilities.  A placement that meets the grade level requirement and the SWD requirement at the same time will be considered.
• For those seeking certification in childhood education alone, the two grade ranges are Grades 1-3 and Grades 4-6.  Candidates seeking to add the Students with Disabilities certification would need to have a placement working with students with disabilities.  A placement that meets the grade level requirement and the SWD requirement at the same time will be considered.
• For those seeking certification in early childhood education alone, the two grade ranges are  20 days in Pre-K or K; 20 days in grade 1 or 2.
• For those seeking certification in secondary education fields, the two grade ranges are Grades 7-9 and Grades 10-12.  Candidates seeking to add the Students with Disabilities certification, you would need to have a placement working with students with disabilities.  It is possible to do a placement that meets the grade level requirement and the SWD requirement at the same time. 
• If you already hold a New York State teaching certification upon review may be eligible for 50 hours (10 days) rather than 100 hours (20 days).
• Required Courses Prior to Clinical Practice Registration                                     

                                  Program                                                      Course(s)

                    Candidates seeking dual certification in students with disabilities must have completed

             the appropriate methods course.

                             Certificate                                                                    Course

Make your TaskStream submissions to the Clinical Coordinators as listed below:

All 537 Students submit to Helen Gerken

All 713 Students submit to Ivan Toper

Bronx and Manhattan 709 and 707 Students submit to Helen Gerken

Dobbs Ferry and Yorktown 709 and 707 Students submit to Ivan Toper

For answers to questions, please email hgerken@mercy.edu or itoper@mercy.edu

Use this section to submit documentation in support of your application for clinical placement.

For all students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in the New York City boroughs and students seeking placement in EDUC 537, submit your Resume to Helen Gerken.

For students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, or Putnam counties and all students seeking placement in EDUC 713, submit your Resume to Ivan Toper.

For Online students and students seeking placement in EDUC 707, submit your Resume to Ms. Gerken or Mr. Toper.

For candidates enrolled in the Sarah Shenirer Seminary, submit your Resume to Leah Donn.

Use this section to submit documentation in support of your application for clinical placement.

For all students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in the New York City boroughs and students seeking placement in EDUC 537, submit your OT-11 to Helen Gerken.

For students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, or Putnam counties and all students seeking placement in EDUC 713, submit your OT-11  to Ivan Toper.

For Online students and students seeking placement in EDUC 707, submit your OT-11 to Ms. Gerken or Mr. Toper.

For candidates enrolled in the Sarah Shenirer Seminary, submit your OT-11 to Leah Donn.

Use this section to submit documentation in support of your application for clinical placement.

For all students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in the New York City boroughs and students seeking placement in EDUC 537, submit your Principal’s Letter to Helen Gerken.

For students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, or Putnam counties and all students seeking placement in EDUC 713, submit your Principal’s Letter to Ivan Toper.

For Online students and students seeking placement in EDUC 707, submit your Principal’s Letter to Ms. Gerken or Mr. Toper.

For candidates enrolled in the Sarah Shenirer Seminary, submit your Principal’s Letter to Leah Donn.

Use this section to submit documentation in support of your application for clinical placement.

For all students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in the New York City boroughs and students seeking placement in EDUC 537, submit your other documents to Helen Gerken.

For students seeking placement in EDUC 709 in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, or Putnam counties and all students seeking placement in EDUC 713, submit your other documents to Ivan Toper.

For Online students and students seeking placement in EDUC 707, submit your other documents to Ms. Gerken or Mr. Toper.

For candidates enrolled in the Sarah Shenirer Seminary, submit your other documents to Leah Donn.