Candidates who receive incompletes (I) for any courses in the Professional Education sequence must resolve the incomplete prior to the first day of a field experience.  This date may be in advance of the University deadline for resolution of course incompletes. A candidate would not be able to begin in their field experience placement until the incomplete is resolved and thus may be required to completed additional field experience days after the scheduled internship period in order to meet the required number of days.

Students with any type of recognized and confirmed disability that would require accommodations during a field experience should inform the MAT- Elementary program coordinator and Clinical Director/Coordinator prior to a field experience, including the submission of a letter prepared by Disability Support Services. Candidates should be aware that the demands and needed accommodations of a classroom course and a field experience may differ significantly, so candidates who are in need of field-based accommodations are encouraged to develop a separate accommodation plan for the field experience. It is the candidate’s responsibly to initiate that accommodation process for each field experience.

Candidates must attend an orientation meeting prior to beginning the Internship I and II experience each semester. These orientations may occur prior to the start of classes at the university. Failure to attend this orientation meeting will result in a delayed start to the field experience, until after a make-up orientation session can be completed with the program coordinator. Candidates completing Internship II are also required to attend “College Prep Day”, a special seminar meeting scheduled at the mid-point of the Internship II semester. College Prep Day is counted as a professional development day and will be recorded on the candidate’s time record for that semester.