Field placement
As part of the requirements for your program, you will have to complete a field placement. This will be an in-person field assignment completed in your content area and grade-level span. The field placements are a requirement for teacher certification. Mizzou will only place you in a school within Missouri. Please note: field placements are not paid.
Your first placement will be in the spring semester of your first year. It will require two to three hours per week, for a total of 30 hours. There will be weekly expectations and communication with a faculty advisor.
Your second placement will be in the fall semester of your second year. It will require a total of 45 hours. You can expect to be in your placement for four to five hours each week.
Your final placement will be your student teaching assignment, typically in the spring semester of your second year. You will be in your placement school building Monday – Friday every day for the whole semester. Student teaching is unpaid.