The Rural Student Teacher Project seeks to place the student teacher in a small, rural South Dakota school which might seldom have the opportunity to host student teachers.
In the Rural Student Teaching program, you'll experience life in a small town where the local school is a large part of the community. You'll be supervised through distance technology by university supervisors at Northern, and receive training and stipends from the E-learning Center to facilitate your move to the rural community.
Participating Schools
- Bowdle
- Britton
- Castlewood
- Chester
- Clark
- Doland
- Edmunds Central
- Elkton
- Enemy Swim Day School
- Eureka
- Faulkton
- Florence
- Gettysburg
- Henry
- Hitchcock-Tulare
- Hoven
- Kimball
- Langford
- Leola
- McLaughlin
- Milbank
- Miller
- Northwestern
- Redfield
- Sisseton
- Smee
- Summit
- Timber Lake
- Waubay
- Webster
- Wessington Springs
- Wilmot
- Wolsey-Wessington
- Woonsocket
Advantages
- Student teachers can receive a stipend for participation in the program
- Students utilize technology to collaborate with and receive supervision from their university supervisor
- Schools are able to identify anticipated needs and students are then placed based upon those needs, allowing both the school and student to determine if the school/community might be a good long-term fit