Student Teaching Overseas Eastern Illinois University is a member of COST, the Consortium of Overseas Student Teaching. This program provides qualified students with the opportunity to do student teaching overseas. Placements for overseas student teaching can be made in Canada, Ecuador, England, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Mexico, Scotland, and Wales. Since English is the primary language of instruction in the host schools, student teachers do not have to speak the native tongue of the country. However, it is advantageous for the student teacher to have some knowledge of the language particularly when working with very young children.
Students participating in the program pay regular university tuition.
Students are also responsible for transportation costs to and from the host country and living expenses for their stay. Students must have completed all the prerequisites for student teaching at Eastern before they can be accepted, but should make application no later than the middle of their junior year to allow for processing applications and making arrangement for placement. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. All rights reserved.