Any student taking courses within the Teacher Education Program must demonstrate proof of current student liability insurance if the course has a clinical experience (see Teacher Education Handbook).  Students will only be able to participate in the required clinical experience(s) for a course if proof of insurance is provided. 

 

Student liability insurance is required to protect teacher education students from personal financial liability for most incidents that could arise during clinical experiences while the student is in the teacher education program.  Student liability insurance typically provides coverage on a variety of situations which might result in injury to someone other than the teacher education student. Some listings for student liability insurance may state that students are covered for:

 

• Pre-K – 12 student injuries 

• charges of educational malpractice 

 

Students may choose to obtain liability insurance from a private insurance company or they may choose to obtain liability insurance through organizations such as NEA or AAE which provides an option for teacher candidates (listed below).  Mayville State University does not recommend one form of insurance over another or endorse any organization offering insurance for teacher candidates. The list below is provided as potential options for teacher education candidates:

 

1) Check with any of your current insurance providers about purchasing student liability coverage.

 

2) NEA/ North Dakota United has an option for student insurance:

a. Go to https://www.mynea360.org/s/join-now 

b. Or follow the steps below. 

         i.   Go to ndunited.org 

         ii. Click the JOIN OUR MOVEMENT tab from the menu on the left 

         iii. Scroll down and click on ASPIRING EDUCATORS

         iv. Complete the membership application

         v. The enrollment period runs from 9/1/XX -8/31/XX

 

3) The Association of American Educators has insurance available for students.  Here is the link:  http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/join-renew

 

4) NDAHPERD offers insurance to students (Physical Education) http://www.ndshape.org/join/

 

If students choose to check with their family’s homeowner’s insurance agency, Mayville State University will need a written statement from the insurance company representative to include:  the name of the teacher education student, a statement that the student is covered for student liability insurance, the date the coverage is in effect and date that the coverage will expire.