Union’s student-teachers are placed at two different schools throughout the semester, and the School of Education requires one placement to be in an urban school district.
The Jackson-Madison County School System meets the urban school district requirement, allowing most student-teachers to perform at least one placement locally.
Education students also have the option to execute one of their student-teaching placements internationally. Myatt said five student-teachers taught internationally this semester in countries such as Cameroon, Mexico, Honduras, Ethiopia and the Czech Republic. […]