Education Unit and Educator Licensure Office

Fitchburg State University is a member in good standing of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), a national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Fitchburg State University is working toward accreditation of its educator preparation programs under the AAQEP standards with an anticipated quality assurance review in Fall 2023. 

Through its collaborations with area schools and school districts, Fitchburg State also sponsors a Center for Professional Studies (CPS) for school personnel. The Education Unit coordinates with the CPS as well as the University's School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education, which also supports an extensive number of extended campus programs through educational partnerships with nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Taken together, these programs make the University's continuum of offerings a seamless system for educator preparation.

Within our programs is a shared Conceptual Framework, as well as widespread incorporation of the core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards for what accomplished teachers in all areas should know and be able to do.

Fitchburg State is proud of its historic mission as a teachers university, in the context of an excellent liberal arts and science education. Whether you are a student, parent, faculty member, staff member, or education partner, we hope you find this Website and related links useful.

Forms Library

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Annual Reporting and Accountability Measures

The Annual Reporting Measures report is available but if for some reason you can not access it, please email cee@fitchburgstate.edu.

Practicum, IPP and OSI Dates

Spring 2023

Two Stations for Practicum

  • Station 1: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 to Friday, March 10, 2023
  • Station 2: Monday, March 13, 2023 to Tuesday, May 9, 2023  

One Station

  • Tuesday, January 17, 2023 to Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Fall 2022

Practicum, one station:

  • Friday, September 2, 2022 to Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Two Stations for Practicum for ECE Graduate:

  • Station 1: Friday, September 2, 2022 to Friday, October 21, 2022  
  • Station 2: Monday, October 24, 2022 to Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Spring 2023

IPP:  (All day Monday and Tuesday) 

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2023 to Monday, May 9, 2023

IPP for Severe:

  • Station 1, Substantially Separate: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 to Tuesday, February 28, 2023
  • Station 2, Inclusion Setting: Monday, March 14, 2023 to Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Fall 2022

IPP:  (All day Monday and Tuesday) 

  • Monday, September 12, 2022 to Tuesday, December 6, 2022

IPP for Severe:

  • Station 1, Substantially Separate: Monday, September 12, 2022 to Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  • Station 2, Inclusion Setting: Monday, October 24, 2022 to Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Dates to follow

Practicum Orientations

Spring 2023

Orientation for UG and GR Placed at a Practicum Site, Session 1:
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 4 - 5:30 p.m. (EST)
Location: McKay Building, Room C- 158

Orientation for UG and GR Placed at a Practicum Site, Session 2:
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 4:30 - 6 p.m. (EST)
Location: McKay Building, Room C- 158

Fall 2022

Orientation for UG and GR Placed at a Practicum Site, Session 1:
Date: Tue Aug 23, 2022 4 - 5:30 p.m. (EST)
Modality: Remote

Orientation for UG and GR Placed at a Practicum Site, Session 2:
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 4:30 - 6 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: McKay Building, Room C- 158
 

Spring 2023

Orientation for Students Employed at their Practicum Site: 
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023 4:30 - 6 p.m. (EST)
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wxo-pnos-ouu
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 513-816-0707‬ PIN: ‪628 506 974‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/wxo-pnos-ouu?pin=3183352126422

Fall 2022

Orientation for Students Employed at their Practicum Site: 
Date: Thursday, August 25, 2022 4:30 - 6:15 p.m. (EST)

Spring 2023

Monday, January 23, 2023
Location: In Person, TBD

Fall 2022

Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: McKay Building, C-Wing, Classroom 217

Practicum Licensure Exit Surveys

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