Helpful Resources

Click here to access the CPS Student Teaching Registration Packet.

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Student Teacher Housing

Need a place to live during student teaching? Please click here to visit the Student Teacher Housing Website.

CPS Student Teaching Handbook

Learn more about the roles/responsibilities that are involved in the student teaching experience. Please click here for the Student Teaching Handbook.

Helpful Resources

Coming Soon! - Helpful online resources, local resources (i.e. supply stores, museums, libraries, etc.), online discussion communities and recommended book list.

Educational Partners

CPS Uniform Discipline Code (UDC) - To ensure a unified purpose among schools, CPS developed the Uniform Discipline Code. It sets forth a firm foundation for students, parents and teachers to build effective school and classroom behavior management programs.

Donors Choose - Donors Choose is an organization connecting classrooms and teachers in financial need with individuals who want to help. Please click on the link to learn more about exciting ways that you can bring funding to your individual classroom.

Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI) - The Associated Colleges of Illinois is an organization uniquely qualified to help improve teaching and learning in high-need schools. Please click on the link to learn more.

Teaching Excellence Network (TEN) Discussion Boards & Blogs - The Teaching Excellence Network is a free professional virtual community for teachers created by the Golden Apple Foundation. Golden Apple's Teaching Excellence Network is a place to create, experiment, debate, connect and explore the world of teaching with other excellent educators. Join the conversation now by clicking the link above.

The Learning Curve Newsletter

Please click here to view the Learning Curve Newsletter.

Teacher Recruitment

Successfully finished student teaching? Please click here to learn more about the CPS employment process.

Illinois State Board of Education

Please click here to learn more about applying for your teaching certificate.

Legal Statement (Title IX): It is the policy of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability or sex. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the regulations promulgated thereunder concerning sex discrimination should be referred to the Title IX Officer, Chicago Public Schools, 125 S. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois 60603, 773-553-2688 (TTY-773-553-2699).