This handbook contains the philosophy, standards, and clinical experience and practice policies of the College of Education (COE). It was written for teacher candidates, cooperating teachers,school administrators, clinical supervisors, and department faculty.

The handbook also provides teacher candidates, cooperating school personnel, and clinical supervisors and faculty the guidelines and information needed concerning roles, responsibilities, policies, and procedures involved with clinical experiences and clinical practice at Kean University. This handbook should help the teacher candidate, cooperating teacher, and clinical supervisor plan the clinical experience or clinical practice teaching experience cooperatively in order to facilitate communication throughout the semester.