Findings: Full-time student teaching
A large majority of education schools (85 percent) either did not allow or require teacher candidates to take coursework while they were student teaching. Some commendably accompanied their prohibition with a strong statement about priorities, as illustrated by this excerpt from St. Xavier University's student teaching handbook:
Student teaching involves a unique, full-time commitment. It is 5 days a week, for 16 weeks, during fall or spring semesters only; no exceptions.
In only about five percent of the schools, programs placed competing demands on teacher candidates. Concordia University's undergraduate education program required that candidates take a course in classroom management and a course in assessment during student teaching.
Other programs only allowed for other commitments at the teacher candidate's discretion.
How Illinois institutions fare on this standard
