Field Experience Calendar

Fall 2025

Date Event
August 4th, 2025 (Monday) Student Teaching Orientations
August 20th (Wednesday) Traditional Program Orientation
August 25th (Monday) jmcomicÂþ»­N classes begin
September 1st (Monday) Labor Day; campus closed
October 10th (Friday) Midterm evaluations due (554I, 593, 555, 555I)*
October 23rd (Thursday) edTPA recommended submission date#
November 11th (Tuesday) Veterans’ Day; campus closed
November 27th–30th (Thursday–Sunday) Thanksgiving Recess; campus closed
December 1st (Monday) Spring 2026 Student Teaching Applications due
December 8th (Monday) FRED due
December 10th (Wednesday) Final field-experience evaluations due *
December 12th (Friday) Last day of formal instruction (jmcomicÂþ»­N)**
December 18th (Thursday) Seminar grades due***
December 25th, 2025–January 1st, 2026 Campus closed

Spring 2026

Date Event
January 19th, 2026 (Monday) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; campus closed
January 20th (Tuesday) jmcomicÂþ»­N classes begin
March 6th (Friday) Midterm evaluations due (554I, 593, 555, 555I)*
March 16th – 22nd (Monday–Sunday) Spring Recess; no instruction
March 31st (Tuesday) Cesar Chavez Day; campus closed
April 16th (Thursday) edTPA recommended submission date#
May 4th (Monday) FRED due
May 8th (Friday) Final field-experience evaluations due *
May 8th (Friday) Last day of formal instruction (jmcomicÂþ»­N)**
May 15th (Friday) Seminar grades due
July 1st (Wednesday) Fall 2026 Student Teaching Applications due

* Late evaluations by arrangement with the Subject Coordinator and Department Chair.

** Candidates continue work in their placements until the end of the placement school’s term.

# Pearson recommends beginning to upload several days before the submission period closes. For other submission dates, seeÂ