University of North Texas 
The College of Education partners with public school teachers and administrators to provide guided and gradual induction into classroom teaching working collaboratively with partner schools to provide field-based programs for both undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students seeking initial certification in elementary and secondary levels.
Early Field Experience & Clinical Teaching
- Art Education Clinical Practice Application (For undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students)
**This is a two-step process:
1. Fill out the Clinical practice application: Application Closed on February 15
2. Complete the Qualification Agreement: Click Here! (Scroll down to Program Applications) - Music Education and Teach North Texas Application for Clinical Teaching: Application Closed on February 15
- Post-Baccalaureate Early Field Experiences and Clinical Teaching: Application Closed on February 15
- Secondary and All Level Early Field Experiences(For undergraduate students enrolling in EDCI 4840 in Fall 2026)
**This is a two-step process:
1. Fill out the Clinical practice application: Application Closed on February 15
2. Complete the Qualification Agreement: Click Here! - Elementary Core Subjects EC-6 Clinical Practice Application (for year long clinical teaching and residency)
**This is a two-step process:
1. Fill out the Clinical practice application: Application Closed on February 15
2. Complete the Qualification Agreement: Click Here! (Scroll down to Program Applications)
After you are assigned to a district, you will be required to complete a district based background check.
Handbooks & Resources
- Early Field Experiences Handbook (Coming Soon)
- Clinical Pathways Handbook (Only viewable with UNT email address)
Clinical Practice Office Appeal Procedures (Open March 1 - 15)
If you need to submit an appeal to the Director of Clinical Practice, you can do so by submitting the appeal form: Click here to access the form
Completion of this form allows you to provide a detailed explanation of your request for a different Block C/Clinical Teaching placement for Fall 2026.
If your appeal is approved, you will proceed with your Block B/Early Field placement this semester. If the Clinical Practice Office can secure a new placement for you, you will be notified accordingly.
Frequently Asked Questions
During your clinical teaching semester you will report to your assigned public school with your assigned cooperating teacher as if you were the teacher of that classroom. Clinical teaching courses do not meet on the UNT campus. If you are an undergraduate elementary student participating in a Professional Development School, then you will be required to attend seminars scheduled by your PDS Coordinator.
Although clinical teaching is six credit hours you should consider yourself a full-time student because you are expected to be on your assigned campus all day five days a week. While on a field campus in a school district you are required to keep the contract hours for all employed teachers on that campus. You may need to stay after school to prepare lessons you will be teaching, attend meetings or attend school sponsored functions.