Field Experience — For Current Education Students

Fall and Spring Education Students

Part of teacher training is field experience, working and observing in an actual classroom. Your field experience training will take place in the K-12 public school system.

General Information for All Field Experience Students

All students in EDF 1005 and EDG 2701 must participate in 18 contact hours of field experience for each course. This placement may be in a public or private school. For students in EDG 2701, volunteer work in an agency that works with people of a variety of ages is also acceptable. For placement in a public school, students are required to be fingerprinted through the school board of the county where they wish to be placed. Please see the specific information about each county’s fingerprinting process below. Students may not start field experience before beginning their education class without the instructor’s permission.

All students must complete the online Field Experience Registration. The link to this form is found on the student’s class schedule in Artemis.

Information by County

• Duval County
  
• Clay County
  
• Nassau County
  
• St. Johns County
• Other Counties
• Summer Field Experience for Current Education Students
  

Fingerprinting in Duval County

Students must contact their instructor for current information on what days are available for fingerprinting for Florida Community College students, then e-mail the Education Field Facilitator with your availability on those days to schedule an appointment. The facilitator will then select an appointment time for you and notify you of the specific appointment time and date. Please do not miss your appointment. If an emergency occurs and you need to change your appointment, please contact the Education Field Facilitator immediately. Only students with an appointment and proper payment will be fingerprinted. Students should go for their scheduled appointment to: Duval County Public Schools, 1701 Prudential Dr., Jacksonville, Florida 32207-8182

Be sure to pay the $57.25 fee before you go to your appointment. There are three ways to pay:

• Pay online by credit card (Visa or MasterCard only) at Florida Department of Education Fingerprinting (24 hours a day). Credit card payment is highly recommended and guarantees a better chance that your appointment will happen on time.
• Pay by phone by calling 1.877.357.7456 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.).
• Pay by taking a money order or cashier’s check addressed to “Fingerprinting Services, LLC” to your appointment. Personal checks will not be accepted. The money order or cashier’s check must be taken to the fingerprinting appointment and processed at the security desk before you are printed. This method will slow down the process, so please make sure you allow extra time.

For additional information visit the Duval County School District Web site.

Field Experience Placement in Duval County

As soon as Duval County lets us know that you are cleared from your background check, you will be placed in a school by the field experience facilitator. The field experience facilitator will notify your instructor of your placement as soon as you are cleared by the fingerprinting process. Please direct all questions to your instructor. Always include your full name, course ID (EDF 1005 or EDG 2701), reference number and instructor’s name. If you choose to e-mail your instructor, please use your FCCJ student e-mail account.

If you would like placement in an accredited private school, you must contact that school directly and arrange for placement yourself. Please let your instructor know the following information as soon as possible:

• School name, address and county
• Grade level and subject area in which you will be conducting your field experience hours
• Name and contact number of the school administrator
• Name and address of the cooperating teacher with whom you will be working

Fingerprinting in St. Johns County

To set up a fingerprinting appointment for St. Johns County Public Schools, visit the School Board Web site at http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/depts/risk/scheduling.

Fingerprinting/background check appointments are conducted on Tuesdays. Students will not receive a phone call to confirm their appointment.

Pay $57.25 at www.flprints.com with Visa or MasterCard. Print out the payment receipt and bring it, along with a picture ID, to your scheduled appointment. For additional information, visit the St. Johns County School District Web site.

Students should go for their scheduled appointment to: St. Johns School Board, 40 Orange St., St. Augustine, FL 32084.

Field Experience Placement in St. Johns County

Students should place themselves after being notified by the field experience facilitator that they have been cleared from fingerprinting. There are no field placements in St. Johns County in the summer. You may contact a teacher directly if you know someone you would like to work with or call the vice principal of the school that most interests you and ask for help getting placed in a class of your preferred grade level and subject area. If you would like a copy of school phone numbers for St. Johns Schools please notify your instructor. When you have a teacher/placement, please let your instructor know the following information as soon as possible.

• School name, address and county
• Grade level and subject area in which you will be conducting your field experience hours
• Name and contact number of the school administrator
• Name and address of the cooperating teacher with whom you will be working

Always include your full name, course ID (EDF 1005 or EDG 2701), reference number and instructor’s name. If you choose to e-mail your instructor, please use your FCCJ student e-mail account.

Fingerprinting in Clay County

To set up fingerprinting and placement in Clay County public schools, register and pay for a fingerprinting appointment at www.claystaff.sofn.net. Pay $62.25 online with a credit card. Payment must be made when students register for their appointment. Students must bring their payment confirmation and a picture ID to their fingerprinting appointment. The picture ID must match the ID indicated when the student registered for their appointment.

Fingerprinting and Field Experience Placement in Clay County

After receiving a clearance letter from the Clay County School Board, students should place themselves. When you have a teacher/placement, please let your instructor know the following information as soon as possible:

• School name, address and county
• Grade level and subject area in which you will be conducting your field experience hours
• Name and contact number of the school administrator
• Name and address of the cooperating teacher with whom you will be working

Always include your full name, course ID (EDF 1005 or EDG 2701), reference number and instructor’s name. If you choose to e-mail your instructor, please use your FCCJ student e-mail account.

For additional information visit the Clay County School District Web site.

Fingerprinting and Placement in Nassau County

Please use the Nassau County observation request form and instructions to do fingerprinting and placement in Nassau County Public Schools. Nassau County charges $75.25 for fingerprinting, not $57.25. Students must fax the observation request form to Nassau County as instructed on the form. Of the $75.25 total fee, $57.25 must be paid by credit card at www.flprints.com.  The remaining $18 may be paid by cash, check or money order to the Nassau County School Board. The Nassau County School Board will place students. Students may not self-place in Nassau County.

When Nassau County has provided you with your assigned teacher/placement, please let your instructor know the following information as soon as possible:

• School name, address and county
• Grade level and subject area in which you will be conducting your field experience hours
• Name and contact number of the school administrator
• Name and address of the cooperating teacher with whom you will be working

Always include your full name, course ID (EDF 1005 or EDG 2701), reference number and instructor’s name. If you choose to e-mail your instructor, please use your FCCJ student e-mail account.

For additional information visit the Nassau County School District Web site.

Other Counties

FCCJ strives to accommodate placements outside the FCCJ region. Please see the Field Experience Handbook for placement procedures in Baker and Putnam counties. For placement in any other county, or outside the State of Florida, please contact the Field Experience Facilitator to discuss the placement procedure.

Summer Field Experiences for Current Education Students

There are limited public school placements in the summer for education students. Please ask your instructor for the most recent information on possible placements when you begin an Education course in summer.