WISD welcomes the opportunity to support students enrolled in college teacher education programs and teacher interns who need to fulfill course requirements through classroom observations.  A student wishing to observe a WISD classroom must follow the process outlined below in order to provide for the safety of WISD students and to accommodate the schedules of the campuses and teachers on those campuses.

• The student must complete both a criminal history form and a Campus Observation Request form prior to receiving approval to conduct classroom observations on any WISD campus.

            (click here to access Criminal History Form)

            (click here to access Campus Observation Request Form)

• The completed forms must be submitted in person to the HR department along with a driver’s license or other form of picture identification.
• The HR dept. will submit the individual’s criminal history form to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a background check.  Once the background check has been determined to be clear approval for classroom observations will be granted.
• Following the students’ approval the HR dept. will notify the secretary of the campus(s) which have been requested on the Campus Observation Request form that the approved student will be contacting them to schedule a classroom observation.
• Students may contact the HR dept. approximately 24 hrs. after submitting their request in order to obtain a letter of approval issued by the HR dept. to the student.   The letter of approval  along with a picture ID must be presented to the campus administration when arriving on a campus to either schedule or conduct classroom observations.
• The student is required to contact the secretary at each campus for which they have been approved to visit to schedule an observation time.  Students who do not pre-arrange an observation time or who have not been approved for that campus will not be allowed to conduct an observation and the campus secretary will notify the HR dept.