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For the student teaching experience, student teachers spend fifteen weeks teaching full-time in classrooms. Student teachers are expected to devote their full attention to the student teaching experience and are supported in this endeavor by an experienced mentor teacher and a full-time university supervisor.

Student teaching opportunities are offered in various locations throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Assignment to student teaching centers in Pennsylvania is typically determined by the discipline in which the teacher candidate is seeking certification. We also offer a short-term student teaching abroad opportunity.

Locations

Short-term study abroad opportunities available.  

Mathematics

  • Pittsburgh Region
  • Central Region
  • Philadelphia Region

Sciences

  • Pittsburgh Region
  • Central Region
  • Philadelphia Region

English

  • Pittsburgh Region
  • Central Region
  • Philadelphia Region 

Social Studies

  • Pittsburgh Region
  • Central Region
  • Philadelphia Region

Central Region is designated as centered within a 70-mile radius of University Park, PA.