Field Experience Calendar

Fall 2025

Date Event
August 4th, 2025 (Monday) Student Teaching Orientations
August 20th (Wednesday) Traditional Program Orientation
August 25th (Monday) CSUN classes begin
September 1st (Monday) Labor Day; campus closed
October 10th (Friday) Midterm evaluations due (554I, 593, 555, 555I)*
October 23rd (Thursday) edTPA recommended submission date#
November 11th (Tuesday) Veterans’ Day; campus closed
November 27th–30th (Thursday–Sunday) Thanksgiving Recess; campus closed
December 1st (Monday) Spring 2026 Student Teaching Applications due
December 8th (Monday) FRED due
December 10th (Wednesday) Final field-experience evaluations due *
December 12th (Friday) Last day of formal instruction (CSUN)**
December 18th (Thursday) Seminar grades due***
December 25th, 2025–January 1st, 2026 Campus closed

Spring 2026

Date Event
January 19th, 2026 (Monday) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; campus closed
January 20th (Tuesday) CSUN classes begin
March 6th (Friday) Midterm evaluations due (554I, 593, 555, 555I)*
March 16th – 22nd (Monday–Sunday) Spring Recess; no instruction
March 31st (Tuesday) Cesar Chavez Day; campus closed
April 16th (Thursday) edTPA recommended submission date#
May 4th (Monday) FRED due
May 8th (Friday) Final field-experience evaluations due *
May 8th (Friday) Last day of formal instruction (CSUN)**
May 15th (Friday) Seminar grades due
July 1st (Wednesday) Fall 2026 Student Teaching Applications due

* Late evaluations by arrangement with the Subject Coordinator and Department Chair.

** Candidates continue work in their placements until the end of the placement school’s term.

# Pearson recommends beginning to upload several days before the submission period closes. For other submission dates, see  https://www.edtpa.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_ScoreReportDates.html