Field Experience Hours Log - Education for Inclusive Environments

The  hours that you enter in the log must be a true and accurate reflection of the time you have earned in your internship. Therefore, you may not estimate your hours, round your hours, or log future hours for days that you have not yet completed.

The lists below are intended to provide examples of allowable and non-allowable activities when recording hours spent in the student teaching internship. These lists are not exhaustive and questions about activities that are allowable can be directed to the Field Supervisor/UIC or OFE Director.

General activities that ARE allowable for counting hours include:

• Independent or co-planning instruction, including weekends and evening hours
• Observing or delivering instruction
• Developing, reviewing, and scoring student assessments and assignments
• Reviewing core curriculum and finding supplemental curricular materials
• Instructional material preparation
• Attending school meetings, including staff meetings, IEPs, and grade level/department meetings
• Attending school, district, or university sponsored professional development
• Attending events such as Open House, Curriculum Night, and Parent-Teacher Conferences
• After school music or performing arts practice where you are in the role of teacher and engaged in the work of instructing, leading, or supporting students
• Attending school sponsored events where you are in the role of teacher and engaged in the work of instructing, leading, or supporting students (ex: conducting the band at a football game, robotics club)
• Field trips, including travel time if you have student supervision responsibilities

Activities that you CANNOT include in your hours:

• Travel to/from the school site
• Travel to/from school sponsored extracurricular activities
• Coaching or volunteering with after school sports
• Attending school sponsored events where you are not engaged in the work of instructing, leading, or supporting students (ex: football game as a spectator)
• Attending WWU courses

Examples of activities that cannot be counted towards your hours, but that could be used as resume highlights might include:

• Coaching sports
• Conducting private music lessons
• Tutoring
• Volunteering at community related events or for community organizations

Step 1

Log in using your WWU Universal Login

The Log will activate on March 23! Please check back then.

Note to Secondary students--you will not use the new log, continue using the log via Web4U.

Step 2

Click on “Create New” 

Double check that you’ve selected the correct term and course

Step 3

• Confirm that you are in the correct term and course before proceeding
• Select the date that you wish to record on the calendar
• Enter hours earned in the “Teaching” box

• Click submit

   

  IMPORTANT NOTE: The log does not prevent duplicate entries for the same date. It is critical that you carefully track the days that you’ve logged to prevent duplicate entries and double reporting hours. Check the View and Manage Log Entries section to review entries and ensure accuracy.

Step 4

A confirmation page will appear. You can wait for an automatic redirect or click on the link to be redirected to the start page  immediately.

Step 5

Confirm your entry in the “Recent Log Entries” table.

There are a few ways to view your hours totals.

Option 1

Refer to the Recent Course Totals table on the start page

Options 2 & 3

Click the View and Manage Log Entries button

You will find a table with totals, use the bar to scroll to see all of the categories

OR

Click on the download all log entries to generate an Excel document.

The spreadsheet will contain all terms, courses, entries and categories. You can use the Excel features of filtering, sorting or deleting rows to narrow down the information contained in the spreadsheet.

Errors are bound to happen and you can always fix them by using the directions in the "Edit or Delete an Entry" section below! 

Here's how to confirm that your log is:

• Recorded in the correct term and course
• Free from duplicate entries

Review the Recent Log Entries table. You can see dates and terms here. Notice this example shows hours recorded twice on 3/4/26. This is an example of an error that must be corrected!

Editing an Entry

Step 1

From the Recent Log Entries table, find the entry you wish to revise and click "Edit"

Step 2

Change the hours as desired and click the Update button

Erasing an Entry

Step 1

From the Recent Log Entries table, find the entry you wish to erase and click "Edit"

Step 2

Scroll to bottom of the screen and check the "Cancel this log entry?" box and click the Update button

Error: Duplicate Entries

Fix: Remove one of the entries

Directions: See How to Delete an Entry

Error: Logging in Wrong Term

Fix: Remove the entry for the wrong term, re-enter in correct term

Directions: See How to Delete an Entry and How to Log Hours