Care-giving Experience, Etc.

Based on the Act on Special Provisions concerning the Education Personal Certification Act in Relation to Granting Regular License Teachers of Elementary Schools and Lower Secondary Schools (established in 1997), individuals who seek to obtain a teaching license for elementary or junior high schools (those who seek to obtain Junior high school 1st-class teaching license at the UoA) are obligated to gain experience in giving care to physically challenged or elderly people.

1. Who are obligated to participate in this program

Individuals seeking to obtain a junior high school 1st-class teaching license (Math.)

2. Duration of Care-giving Experience

Individuals must participate in the total of seven-day program in the second semester of the 3rd year: two consecutive days at a special education school and five consecutive days at a social welfare facility, etc

3. Necessary Procedures

An explanatory meeting for relevant students is scheduled for the end of April. Please follow the instructions given at the meeting and submit the application documents together with the necessary payment at a later date. The university collectively makes the due applications to special education schools and social welfare facilities.

4. Note

Students who plan to have care-giving experience must undergo the medical checkups in April and May at the UoA and a health certificate. This is required for the purpose of the health management of students of special education schools of or users of social welfare facilities. Please refer to "III Student Life, 2 Procedures (6) Issuance of Certificates" in this book in order to apply for the issuance of a health certificate. Students who missed the medical checkups at the UoA must individually undergo medical checkups at a medical institute to obtain a health certificate for submission before their care-giving experience.

*Purchase of liability insurance

Students participating in the care-giving experience program must purchase student liability insurance ("B Course, Internship Reparation") in case that students have to accept legal liability for damages, such as injuring someone by accident, breaking someone's property.
The purchase procedures will be explained at the explanatory meeting. For further inquiry, please contact the Student Health and Welfare Services Section of the Student Affairs Division.