COST Office of International Programs Student Teaching Abroad Education students at Northern Kentucky University who are adventurous, academically able, independent and ambitious may wish to take advantage of a unique opportunity provided through COST- Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching . It enables students preparing to teach to do their student teaching in a selected site in Australia, Europe, Greece, Ireland, Latin America, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom.
Placements are typically available from pre-school through secondary school.
Supervision is provided by the directors or principals of the school and senior teachers, as well as professors from COST member institutions who visit the schools during the period of placement. In order to qualify for student teaching abroad, students must have completed all normal prerequisites for student teaching, and enrolled in Senior Seminar the semester prior to the overseas student teaching assignment. During the Senior Seminar semester they complete all COST admission requirements including a paper on the country of choice. Application for participation in the COST experience must be completed at least one year before the anticipated student teaching assignment.