Clinical Requirements
Clinical Placement Procedures
The course instructor or the Director of Clinical Experiences will make the assignments. Under no circumstances should a student contact a school to arrange his or her own placement.
Required Clinical Hours
Each clinical has an assigned number of hours that are partial fulfillment of the DPI requirement
of 100 clinical hours. Students establish their schedules with their cooperating teacher according
to what best fits both schedules, except in C-I 302/502 where a block of time is arranged within the classroom structure.
Nametags
Students must wear nametags. Level I Clinical students are provided a nametag by the university.
If a student should lose that nametag, it is their responsibility to purchase a new one for Clinicals II and III.
Sign-in Forms
Each school will be provided a university sign-in binder to be placed in the school office. The clinical student will add his/her completed sign-in form to that binder at arrival of his/her clinical. Students must sign out at departure. These sign-in sheets will be returned by the student to the course instructor at the end of the clinical experience to validate completed clinical hours.
Clinical Student Absences
Excused absences include personal illness, illness in the family or death in the family. Absences
due to work schedules and study schedules are not excused. The clinical student should report
absences both to his/her cooperating teacher and his/her course instructor.
Teaching Attire
Acceptable and appropriate teaching attire and personal appearance should conform to the highest
standards of teachers in the cooperating school system.
Liability Insurance
The State of Wisconsin provides professional liability coverage for all University of Wisconsin
clinical students. The coverage protects the clinical student against claims from third parties of personal
injury or property damage caused by negligent acts while performing within the scope of duties as a
fieldwork student. Student WEA provides supplemental coverage.
Transportation
Students are responsible for getting themselves to and from schools.