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Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center

TCH 212 Observations

Before starting a clinical experience

Submit an Illinois State Police fingerprint Criminal Background Check (CBC) to the TEC. 

  • CBCs expire one year from the date CBC was processed by the state police.
  • CBCs must not expire before the end of the semester in which a clinical experience takes place.
Local School Observation Sites

Below are the clinical placements. If you would like more information regarding these clinical placements, please review the TCH212 CLINICAL POWERPOINT. For Unit 5 and District 87 schools please complete the district requirements.

  • Regional Alternative School (RAS)
    • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • You can observe up to 3 classes per day.
    • No cooperating teacher will have more than 2 observers at a time.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day Thursday for the following week. Once that is done, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to edit besides the admins of the page.
    • Orientation required
      • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
      • You must attend 1 of the orientations listed on the home page for additional screening and review of policies and procedures for the McLean County Juvenile Detention Center.
      • Once cleared by McLean County Juvenile Detention Center (MCJDC), you will be invited through email to edit the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • If you do not attend an orientation, you will not have access to the sign up pages.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day on Thursday for the following week. After that time, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to edit besides page administrators.

  • Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal

    • Must be committed for a semester of tutoring.
    • Orientation required. Visit the website for more information.
  • Tutoring at Normal Community High School
    • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • You can tutor up to three different periods a day.
    • No more than two teacher candidates during a period.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day Thursday for the following week. After that time, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to edit besides page administrators.
  • Normal Community High School
    • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • You can observe up to three times per day, and each class must be with a different cooperating teacher. 
    • No cooperating teacher will have more than two observers at a time.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day Thursday for the following week. After that time, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to make edits besides page administrators.
  • Normal West High School
    • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • You can observe up to three time per day, and each class must be with a different cooperating teacher.
    • No cooperating teacher will have more than two observers at a time.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day Thursday for the following week. After that time, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to make edits besides page administrators.
  •  Bloomington High School
    • Sign up using the TCH 212 Clinical observation sign up.
    • You can observe up to 3 time per day, and each class must be with a different cooperating teacher.
    • No cooperating teacher will have more than 2 observers at a time.
    • Sign ups will close at the end of the work day Thursday for the following week. After that time, the following week will be locked and no one will be able to make edits besides page administrators.
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