Professional Education Unit
Clinical Practice Internship Handbook

Method of Assignment

After you complete the application, you should visit with your program area supervisor and discuss placement options.  Your program area supervisor and the Coordinator of Field Experiences will review the options and select an appropriate placement following your meeting with your supervisor.  Candidates should not meet with teachers or principals in an attempt to establish their own placement.  Placement will be based on the following criteria:

1. OSU must have a contractual agreement with the participating school district.
2. The principal and the cooperating teacher must be in agreement about the placement.
3. The cooperating teacher must meet established criteria to work with a candidate. 

We endeavor to provide you with a clinical practice internship experience that will be both professionally beneficial and personally rewarding.  If we cannot work with the three options you have listed, Price Brown, Coordinator of Clinical Practice will contact you before recommending an alternative placement..

Clinical Practice Internship Handbook | Office of Professional Education