Clinical Experience Semester
What To Expect
Students participate in a formal orientation process to become eligibile for certification courses. Students will provide the School of Education with all requirements explained in EDUC 2000 Gateway to the NJ Teaching Profession. The Clinical Experience semester includes 50 hours of fieldwork with associated assignments.
Students entering this semester: Remember that mentors read your Educational Philosophy to help decide if they’d like to work with you, so please re-visit your Educational Philosophy and update it with any new information you’ve learned.
Prerequisites to enter into the Clinical Experience semester are:
- Core Praxis Test or appropriate SAT/ ACT scores
- Criminal Background Clearance or Substitute Teaching Certificate
- Negative TB Test
- State Code Exam (formerly know as Health Test)
- HIB - This will be posted in Blackboard in EDUC 2000 Gateway
View this presentation to be sure you are eligible:
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
All above listed documentation has to be uploaded to the Blackboard site by these deadlines:
- June 1st to apply for the next Fall semester
- October 1st to apply for the next Spring Semester
- March 1st to apply for the Summer Semester
Praxis Core scores will automatically register in your Degree Works when you select Stockton to receive one of your free score reports. The other items should be uploaded to the Blackboard site.
If you are eligible (View the PowerPoint), we will send you a link to the CX application in Exxat about 2-3 weeks before the deadlines.
Make an appointment with your preceptor(s) on the precepting days:
- Fall Semester: Late October/Early November
- Spring Semester: Late March/Early April
You MUST see your preceptor to be able to be registered in the Clinincal Experience course EDUC 3100. You can find the name(s) of your preceptor(s) on your Degree Works in the top left corner.
To see the curriculum for your area of interest use Degree Works.
If you are a current student at Stockton University, access your portal for Degree Works, then look for the “what if” option to explore the various teacher certification paths.
This program is accessible even if you are not currently a student with Stockton University. in this case, follow the instructions on the Eudcation Interest sheet you can find here.
We have following program paths/degree options available:
Submit the fieldwork application in Exxat for summer.
The hard deadline is March 1st. Praxis Core/SAT/ACT scores, finalized Criminal Background Check and negative TB result will have to be received on the Blackboard course before March 1st. Your GPA has to be a 3.0 or above.
Filling out the application will not guarantee admittance to the Summer CX semester and fieldwork.