Simcoe County District School Board

Universities and colleges must provide a list of all students placed in our elementary and secondary schools, including the information below, prior to the commencement of the practicum placement(s). The list can be emailed to [email protected].  

• name of student 
• date(s) of practicum placement 
• name of school where practicum placement will take place
• type of practicum placement (e.g., teaching, ECE, DSW, etc.)

Receiving this information in advance of the practicum placement will assist us in monitoring practicum placements within our board and will allow us to follow up with the universities and colleges should our records indicate that a student(s) has not completed their training or provided their Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC).

Honorariums, if applicable, must be paid directly to the associate teacher. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact [email protected]. 

If your practicum placement requires a signed contract, please email your contract to [email protected] with the subject line 'University/College Practicum/Placement Contract'.

Once a practicum/placement has been obtained, all students are required to complete the following:

Vulnerable Sector Check

•  Students must provide the SCDSB with a valid Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) within 14 days before the start of each practicum placement.
•  The VSC must have been prepared by a police force or service from national data on the Canadian Police Information Centre database within six months of the first day of commencing the practicum placement.
•  A scan of the original VSC must be emailed to [email protected].
• The SCDSB will ensure that all practicum placement students are clear to enter schools.
• If a practicum placement student has any type of irregularity indicated in their documentation, they will be instructed to include with the VSC a sealed letter addressed to the SCDSB Superintendent of Human Resource Services explaining their circumstance. 
•  The SCDSB will destroy all copies of student VSCs at the end of the year.

Mandatory training

All practicum placement students are required to complete the following training courses. Please follow the instructions listed in each document.

• Training instructions
• Health and Safety Awareness
• Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)
• Workplace Violence Awareness

 Equity awareness training

•  A Focus on Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Human Rights

Training declaration form
Once you have completed the required training, please complete the declaration form and email it to [email protected] prior to the start of your practicum placement.

Training declaration form