{"id":1793,"date":"2021-09-10T19:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:32:11","slug":"education-department-newsletter-september-10-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/2021\/09\/10\/education-department-newsletter-september-10-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Department Newsletter, September 10, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-767\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/files\/2015\/02\/new-e1427485149836.png\" alt=\"New\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\" \/>\u25a0<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">Fall 2021 Field Placement Information: <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Given the ongoing and uncertain impact of COVID-19 on K-12 classroom settings, we want to continue to provide you with various pathways to complete your field experience requirements. With this in mind, it is important to know that the state requirements for licensure remain the same:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\">Field Experience is required by the Professional Educator\u2019s Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) for all students receiving their initial teaching license in the state of Minnesota:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Complete <\/span><span class=\"s5\">100 total field hours<\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"s4\"> prior to student teaching<\/span><\/span>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li6\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s4\"><b>At least 60<\/b> field experience hours that are aligned to the scope and content of the licensure field sought<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s7\">Experience with students who differ in race, ethnicity, home language, and socioeconomic status; and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s7\">Experience with students with a range of exceptionalities, including students on an individualized education plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\">Please complete <\/span><span class=\"s5\"><b>one<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s4\"> of the following forms by <b>9\/17<\/b> to communicate your field placement plans for this semester:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Complete the <span class=\"s8\">Secured Placement Form<\/span> to document information about a field placement you have found on your own.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Complete the <span class=\"s8\">Placement Request Form<\/span> if you need assistance from the field experience specialist to locate a placement for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s4\">Complete the <span class=\"s8\">Placement Deferral Form<\/span> if you have chosen to postpone your field experience this semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\">These multiple pathways build upon the opt-in\/opt-out model for field experience that was implemented last academic year. We hope this will give more flexibility to you during this challenging time as well as allow you to make decisions that will prioritize your health and safety. As you make decisions about what option is best for you, please consult with your faculty mentor and Emily Wollak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\">Do you plan to transfer field hours from another institution? <span class=\"s8\">Use this form to transfer hours.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s4\"><b>You will receive more information this semester about how to document your field experience hours and placement. In the meantime, please keep track of your hours and placement information <\/b><span class=\"s8\"><b>with this form<\/b><\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25a0<\/span> Online Licensure Application Process Announced: On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) launched a new online license application system for initial licensure applicants. The new system is accessed at this link.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\">For those who have never previously held a file folder number with PELSB, an initial license application should be created through the PELSB online system. This will initiate the licensing process. At the end of the online application, a checklist will populate indicating any additional materials that must be mailed to the PELSB office. Please ensure that all materials are gathered and submitted in one packet before mailing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\">Should you have any questions about the launch of the new online application system, please contact PELSB at &lt;pelsb@state.mn.us&gt; or by phone at 651-539-4200 (Tuesday-Thursday, 9am-12pm).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u25a0 COVID-19 Vaccine Connector Information: If you haven\u2019t already done so, go to the vaccine connector website to sign up: &lt;https:\/\/mn.gov\/covid19\/vaccine\/connector\/connector.jsp&gt;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><strong>Submitting news to Augsburg:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p15\">To the Education Department News: Send your news to Joseph Erickson at C.B. 312 or erickson-AT-augsburg.edu.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\">To the Augsburg Now published by the Augsburg\u00a0<span class=\"s12\">University<\/span>\u00a0Office of Public Relations and Communication: Send your news to C.B. 145 or now@augsburg.edu.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\">To the daily A-Mail electronic newsletter: Go to AugNet Home Page and login. Then click on the \u201cSubmit News and Announcements\u201d link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p15\"><strong>Connecting with Alumni and Friends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\">Augsburg\u00a0<span class=\"s12\">University<\/span>\u00a0provides several ways to stay connected with alumni and friends. Here are some links to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p15\">Alumni Information Update: Submit news and contact information changes to the university\u2019s Alumni Office.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\">TC2 New Teachers\u2019 Blog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p15\"><strong>Other Sources of News for K-12 Teachers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\">Here are links to some of the very best online news sources for K-12 teachers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p15\">Education Week<\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\">Teacher Magazine<\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\">Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (also, subscribe to ASCD SmartBrief, a daily email news resource delivered right to your inbox).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25a0 Fall 2021 Field Placement Information: Given the ongoing and uncertain impact of COVID-19 on K-12 classroom settings, we want to continue to provide you with various pathways to complete your field experience requirements. With this in mind, it is important to know that the state requirements for licensure remain the same: Field Experience is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/2021\/09\/10\/education-department-newsletter-september-10-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Education Department Newsletter, September 10, 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1959,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}