University students who attend a university or college (IHE) with a current memorandum of understanding with LA Unified may seek student teaching, practicum, and internship experiences within our District.   To date, LA Unified has matched over 700 student teachers with a guiding/host teacher during the 2024-2025 school year. 

As student teachers may be required to video record their delivery of instruction to meet state credentialing requirements, current guidance for recording lessons is as follows:

• Parents must provide written consent via the LAUSD Student Teacher Lesson Recording Video Release Form.
• Only students with parent/guardian consent may be video recorded. Students without consent should not be recorded.
• Notification and copies of consent forms must be provided to the guiding/host teacher and principal. 
• Student teachers may record on a separate device after obtaining authorization from parents and/or guardians.
• No recording shall be made through the Zoom platform, as doing so may not meet FERPA requirements.
• The university supervisor may observe lessons conducted by the student teacher but must obtain permission from the guiding/host teacher and inform the principal of the date and scheduled timeframe.
• The university supervisor may not record any video or other images from their observations.
• The official LAUSD Student Teacher Recording Request Form is available for distribution and use.  Click on the tab above to download the form.

Parent Video Release Form--Student Teachers--English    

Parent Video Release Form--Student Teachers--Spanish