Release of Placements - Fall Term - November 2014 - Please Read Carefully

Attention ALL Professional Year B.Ed Students: 

Details Regarding The Release Of Your Winter Placement Details

This year, there have been some significant changes to the way in which students will view their placement details, during professional year. 

Below, you will find very specific information for you to follow over the next couple of weeks - leading up to the commencement of your placement.

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS EMAIL VERY CAREFULLY

Step One:

• Confirm that the placement you see in the Education Portal online match that of our Departmental records BEFORE contacting your host school
• Tuesday October 28th 2014 we will have a table set up from 12:00 noon until 2:30pm, to verify the confirmed placement data you see in the portal, matches our records.

If you are unavailable during this scheduled time to visit the table, please confirm details within the Faculty of Education Administration Office at Heritage Place. 

WE REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT INUNDATE US WITH EMAIL.

Important Placement Confirmation Practices:

• DO NOT CONTACT YOUR HOST SCHOOL UNTIL Monday November 3rd, 2014
• No requests for board changes will be considered 
• We do not permit confirmed placements to be traded
• Confirmed Placements will only be changed for  circumstances involving personal or professional conflicts of interest
• Remember that you can communicate with all of the other BED students via your D2L 4499 Group Section 
• (This is also a requirement as outlined in your EDUC 4499 syllabus.)

Where We Stand In Our Progress Today:

• With 2 weeks until the start of Winter Term Placements, approximately 82% of you have a confirmed placement
• For the 18% who do not yet have a confirmed placement, please be patient. We are working hard to complete the work of confirming all placements and getting them on the Education Portal - check it daily 
• At times the teacher or grade information may have changed due to internal circumstances at the placement school.  We will notify you if we receive such information, or alternately, please notify us immediately if your placement school notifies you directly
• There may be changes to confirmed placements - but we will notify any impacted students if required

How Will I Be Notified Of A Confirmed Placement?:
As the outstanding placements are confirmed we will upload them to this webpage, and you can log-in and check periodically.  All outstanding placements will be updated in this online portal, as they are confirmed. Please take a moment to ensure that you can log on (same username and password as you LU email).

Placements are confirmed at varying times, completely dependent on the specific board we have an agreement with.  Although every attempt is made to confirm placement requests as expeditiously as possible some boards due to demands on their resources may be later than others in being able to do so.

Do not, under any circumstance, contact Boards, Principals, Associate Teachers, etc to attempt to secure your own placement. Doing so will jeopardize your entire Professional Year. 

PLEASE BE PATIENT AND CHECK THE EDUCATION PORTAL FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES - THEY WILL BE MADE DAILY, AS THE BALANCE OF OUTSTANDING PLACEMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.

New Conflicts Of Interest?

It is important that our "conflict of interest" schools records for each student is accurate.  This refers to any schools where you have immediate relatives/ spouse or schools you have worked or attended within 6 years - if there are any to add please let me know by email.

What If A School Board Cannot Locate A Placement For Me?
If a school board is unable to arrange a requested placement, the individual teacher candidate will be contacted and asked to name an alternative partnership board.

Required Documentation For Entry Into A School:EVERY student must supply the Education Administration Office with copies of their PBC with VSS and their TB skin test BEFORE they are permitted to step foot inside a host school.    

All up-to-date original documentation required (police background check/vulnerable sector screening and tb skin test) must be presented before the school Principal will allow you into the school.

Review your school board's documentation expectations found on our website, to be sure.


Incorrect Information Appearing In Your Placement Details?
If any of the information appears incorrect (including your Faculty Advisor ) please let me know.
(If you are not sure who your Placement Faculty Advisor is - this is your instructor for EDUC 4490/4499).

Are You Ready To Check The Online Education Portal For Your Placement Details? 

To check for your placements details, once confirmed:  https://fieldexperience.lakeheadu.ca/candidate/
PLEASE REMEMBER: YOU MUST BE LOGGED INTO MYINFO TO VIEW YOUR PLACEMENT DETAILS

PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS  ABOVE URL/LINK - YOU WILL NEED IT AGAIN

Please let me know if you have any issues logging in or if any error messages appear.  

Okay, What Do I Do Next?

Once you have confirmed that both the departmental records and electronic placement information that appears in the Education Portal MATCHES you may contact your associate teacher, after Monday November 3rd, 2014. 

It is important to note that the Education Administration Team will be sending out electronic Welcome/ Resource Information Packages, for all Associate Teachers.  

We aim to send all email packages to all Associate Teachers and Principals before Wednesday November 5th, 2014.

Let us know if you discover incorrect spelling of names, email addresses or phone numbers.

Good luck, have fun and learn lots! :)

Regards,
Julie