Instructions for Applying for Student Teaching

Follow these steps to apply

• Go to the website
• You will then be prompted to enter your Ball State User Name and Password. (This is the same User Name and Password you enter anytime you log into any Ball State on-line systems, such as your Ball State e-mail account.)
• You will now be on the "BSU On-line Student Teaching Application" Web page.
• Fill out the application (All entry fields must be completed.)
  
  Helpful Hints:
• Some fields are automatically entered for you. If this information (i.e., demographic information) is not correct you will need to go to the registrar to have it changed on the Ball State IBM system.
• Take note of the restrictions on the size of answers for the three questions and the philosophy of education. If they are too long, they will be "cut off" and the truncated information will not be sent to OTES.
• You may want to compose your answers and philosophy in a word processing program so you can use spell and grammar checks. The answers and philosophy can then be "copied and pasted" into the application.
  
• After you are sure the information is correct, print a hard copy for yourself, and ‘click' the apply button. The application will be electronically submitted.
• Verification of your application will be done when you schedule your interview.
• To schedule an interview, you must complete the curriculum application for student teaching online. Communication will be through your BSU e-mail account.
• You must bring the following to your interview:
  
• "Affidavit – Student Teachers" (Yellow Form)
• "Student Authorization to Disclose Information to Third Parties" (Green Form)
• If you are an undergraduate student then bring a current DAPR. If you are a graduate student (have a bachelor's degree of any kind) then bring a transcript (showing degree conferred).
  
• The interview will be with a university supervisor and is "business casual." It is essential that you keep this appointment! The delay that will result from failing to keep this appointment could easily result in not finding a suitable student teaching assignment.