Student Teaching Requirements

Candidates in the Undergraduate Program in Elementary Education (Grades 1 – 6) are asked to complete two semesters of student teaching in 1st through 6th grade General Education or Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classrooms. They are placed in a higher-grade band (4th – 6th grade) for one semester, and a lower-grade band (1st – 3rd grade) for the subsequent semester.

Semester I candidates (EECE 360) are in the field Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, for the full school day. For more information, please click here to access the EECE 360 Student Teaching FAQs.

Semester II candidates (EECE 361) are in the field Monday to Thursday, for the full school day. For more information, please click here to access the EECE 361 Student Teaching FAQs

Candidates are placed by the Field Placement Office at partner NYC DOE schools located within the borough of Queens.

For questions, please contact the Field Placement Office at 718-997-5546 or send us an email to
eeceplacement@qc.cuny.edu. All emails need to be sent from Qmail email address. For in-person inquiries, please check the Field Placement Office Schedule.