The Office of Educational Field Experiences (OEFE), housed in Student Services at 122 Aderhold Hall, serves as liaison between Educator Preparation Programs and the schools and school systems in which University of Georgia students enrolled in these programs are placed for observation, practicum, and student teaching experiences. OEFE works with faculty, staff, and students from the College of Education educator preparation programs as well as UGA/COE partner programs, making more than 2000 individual student placements per academic year. (A list of educator preparation programs with which OEFE works is posted at the bottom of this page.)

OEFE Staff

Martha Pruet serves as Office of Educational Field Experiences coordinator. Her areas of responsibilities include student teaching placement, clinical affiliation agreements (memorandums of understanding), and coordinating the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST) program for UGA.

Contact information: mpruet@uga.edu

Pattie Holly coordinates observation and practicum placements.

Contact information: pholly@uga.edu

Additionally, Ms. Pruet and Ms. Holly work together to maintain student placement information electronic databases; verify that students seeking placement submit complete student teaching or observation/practicum application packets, including a criminal background report and professional liability insurance and release of information forms; and work with staff from legal affairs, PSC, and other BOR institutions to ensure that the forms, polices, and practices used in our field placement process are current.

College of Education and UGA/COE Partner Educator Preparation Programs

Agricultural Education

Art Education

Dance Education

Early Childhood Education

English Education

Foreign Language Education

Health & Physical Education

Mathematics Education

Middle School Education

Music Education

Science Education

Social Studies Education

Communications Sciences

Workforce Education which includes:

Business Education

Family & Consumer Science Education

Marketing Education

Technology Education