Teacher Candidates

Teacher Candidates in SPPS

Welcome to Saint Paul Public Schools!  Your pre-service placement has been finalized and we are pleased that you will be joining our district for your training. Teacher candidates bring our staff a wealth of new ideas, and our students an opportunity for additional learning.

This packet includes an overview of Saint Paul Public Schools, with information about key district policies, a school year calendar, the requirements and basics for the co-teaching model and information for future openings in the district. 

In addition to this letter, your placement assignment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal history background check and all the required documents at least 14 days before you begin at your placement.

Please complete the required forms according to the type of placement you are completing, at least 14 days prior to your assignment and return to: preserviceprogram@spps.org

Pre-service training of teachers in SPPS highly recommend cooperating teachers and student teacher candidates to participate in co-teaching methods during the pre-service placement. As a part of the co-teaching model, cooperating teachers and student teacher candidates may have prerequisites from their Institutes of Higher Education in place to address the co-teaching model and will not need to seek out additional training.  If no training is provided, cooperating teachers and student teachers have the opportunity to access co-teaching modules on the Foundations Workshop at Foundations via this site.

To complete the online training(s), please click on the Foundations Workshop via University of Minnesota's Public Google Drive:  Foundations Training and/or Pairs Training.

Please make sure you review and understand this information prior to beginning your assignment.

Pre-Service Teacher Candidate Handbook

 

Please report to the school office on the first day of your assignment to make arrangements to meet the Principal.