Teacher
Placement File Directions
The
Office of Career Services assists Seniors and Alumni by compiling
credentials and maintaining personal folders to supplement
applications for positions. Please include the following documents.
Files must be considered complete to send to school systems. Files
may be sent without student teacher evaluations for those that are
currently participating in a student teacher experience.
1.
Request for Handling of Placement Credentials and Release
Click
here
to download this form which you can print, then fill out and sign.
Procedure:
Sign
Statement
1 or 2
-and-
Statement
3 or 4
on the form. Your
intentions regarding the waiver as expressed on this form must be the
same as that indicated on each of the Statement of Evaluation and
Recommendation forms.
Statement
1:
Waives
your right of access to confidential materials in your placement
file, specifically statements of recommendation. When your placement
file is provided to relevant school systems, an accompanying
Confidential Information cover will indicate this waiver of right of
access. Virginia school systems generally prefer a waiver of right to
access.
Statement
2:
Reserves
your right of access to confidential materials in your placement
file. When your file is provided to relevant school systems, an
accompanying Information cover will indicate your access to
confidential materials.
Statement
3:
Grants
permission to the Office of Career Services to send your placement
file to potential employers by your request, whether by telephone,
e-mail, letter, or in person. It also grants permission for the
office to send your placement file to any potential employer that
requests a copy of the file in writing. For your protection, without
your prior approval, no
placement files will be mailed to potential employers without this
written request.
Statement
4:
Restricts
the sending of your placement file only
to those potential employers which you have indicated in
writing.
No other solicitations, whether in writing from the potential
employer or by your unwritten request, will be processed.
IMPORTANT
NOTE
Reference
is made in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to a student's
right of access to certain records. The Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 allows a registrant access to the information
(submitted after January 1, 1975) in his or her placement file,
unless the registrant has signed a waiver of the right of access to
such information. One is not obligated to sign such a waiver, but has
the right to do so, and
must indicate his/her wishes on the evaluation form before presenting
it to the intended writer.'
2.
Statement of Evaluation and Recommendation
Click
here
to print out the
Statement of Evaluation and Recommendation.
Fill
out the top section with the relevant information. Print out the
form, and give a copy to each individual from whom you are requesting
a reference.
Three
to five
references are required. We recommend evaluations by professors,
former or present employers, and other professional persons who know
you well and can talk about the skills and abilities you bring to the
job. It may be best not to ask the supervising professor of your
student teaching or your cooperating teacher to be a reference, as
their comments will appear on the student teaching evaluation form
(see
Student Teaching Evaluation Forms below).
For off-campus employers, etc., we recommend having them complete the
comment section of the evaluation on agency letterhead.
For
individuals not located on campus, you should include a stamped and
addressed return envelope to the Director of Career Services, Box 35,
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA 22812. We recommend that you
write a thank you letter to anyone who acts as a reference for you.
As
an alumnus you may want to add employer letters of recommendation to
keep your file current for use as you change jobs. Send them to the
Director of Career Services at the above address.
3.
Praxis Scores
Praxis
scores are part of your official transcript. You may also include
copies of your score reports in your placement file. Both sets of
Praxis scores should be included unless a waiver applies.
4.
Student Teaching Evaluation Forms
Student
Teaching Evaluation forms are completed by your cooperating
teacher(s) and college supervisor. You
must sign a request form in the Registrar's Office to have copies
sent to us for your file.
5.
Record of Academic and Professional Courses
Click
here
to print a copy of the
Record of Academic and Professional Courses Cover Sheet.
Attach
the cover sheet to the Academic Analysis Summary. If you are
currently taking courses which will not appear on the Summary before
you have your placement file sent out, you should type that
information on a separate piece of paper, indicating what courses you
are currently taking, and how many credit hours you expect to earn
once the class is complete.
Remember,
official transcripts are not part of this file.
If
your grade transcript is required, you should make your request to
the Registrar's Office for release to the potential employer.
6.
Virginia Reading Assessment
7.
Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessement
8.
Optional Forms
There
are lots of resources available for creating an exceptional resume.
Please visit the Career Services office to get one-on-one advice and
access to available resources.
You
may want to include a copy of your teaching certificate in your file;
this is good insurance if your copy is lost.
Fees
There
is no charge to the student for establishing this placement file. The
first ten sets are mailed free of charge. A fee of $2.25 is charged
for each set mailed after the tenth to cover cost. The Office of
Career Services reserves the right to collect this fee prior to
mailing out the file.
Archiving
Placement
files will be kept on file seven (7)
years
after they are initiated.
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