Please read carefully the following information.  It is provided so you may better utilize the services provided to Education graduates by the Career Center Office.

It is vital for all completing a certification program in Education to establish credentials in a placement file, whether you plan to teach immediately or in the future, as most school systems require them. 

  The basic components of a placement file are:

1. Resume  (A)

2. Recommendation  (B)

3. Authorization to release records  (C)

4. Transcripts (D)

1. The first item that must be submitted before a file will be opened is the Resume (A).

2. Teacher candidates need at least six (6) recommendations:  One from each supervising teacher, one from each college supervisor, other educators and employers. (Many students have two supervising teachers).  Recommendations (B) that are received prior to submission of the resume will be placed in a "hold" file.

3.Evaluation sheets (C) provided by the Career Center  include a section which gives you the option of selecting whether the evaluations submitted to this office are to be considered confidential or non-confidential.  If you have letters of recommendation submitted, this form must also be returned with the letter so that personnel will know the confidentiality status of the letter.  Your choice should be indicated on the form before you give it to the person you are asking to recommend you.  That person is then informed of whether or not you have access to the recommendation.  Evaluations in your file must be either all confidential or all non-confidential.  Confidential references must be returned to the Career Center by the evaluator.  You must exercise this option by checking and signing the appropriate box on the evaluation form.  Evaluations that are not checked and signed by you will not be accepted by this office.

4. Upon your request, the Registrar's Office will send the Career Center a "student copy" of your transcript (D).  An "official" copy is not required for this file.

5. Credentials having no action (additions/revisions) for a 3-to-5 year period become outdated and of limited value.  When there is no action to credentials for 5 years, the file is destroyed.  Files can be reestablished at a later date.

6. Should you earn a higher degree from another institution, credentials from Bellarmine should be deleted.  You will need to establish your file at the University awarding the Master's or Ph.D. degree.  Copies of part or all of your file at Bellarmine can be forwarded to that institution for retention, if required.

7. The Career Center has developed a binder with the addresses of all the Boards of Education in Kentucky and teaching positions listed with the Career Center will be posted on the Career Center web site under degree listings.

8. Information of your employment status should be sent to the Career Center Office.  When you accept employment or change information kept in your credential file such as an address, notify this office immediately.