What Is Student Learning and Licensure (SL&L)?
The School of Education is committed to providing our students and faculty with the technology to document the growth and development of professional competencies related to our program offerings. To help us in this effort, we have partnered with Watermark’s Student Learning and Licensure (SL&L). Student Learning and Licensure is a comprehensive data management and learning outcomes assessment system that provides tools for students, faculty, and administrators that help track and enhance students’ learning, as well as make assessment and accountability more efficient.
SL&L is used to:
- Create and submit student artifacts for key assessments online. Artifacts will stay with you so you can use them for years, even after graduation.
- Manage and track field placement hours through time logs
- Submit online evaluations of field supervisors/field placement sites
- Submit student teaching applications
- Create electronic portfolios documenting your best work for presentation to faculty and prospective employers
- Have a fully documented record of your field experience work and your experience with student teaching/clinical practice (i.e., lesson plans, etc.)
Additionally, SL&L enhances the school by providing curriculum mapping to accreditation standards and data organization leading to continuous quality improvement.
All students in teacher education and educational leadership programs within the School of Education are required to purchase a SL&L account to complete selected course assignments, evaluations, student teaching, and field experiences.* You may purchase your account online directly from the Watermark website.
*Please note: If you have previously purchased a TK20 account, you DO NOT have to purchase an additional SL&L account. Follow the instructions below if you are prompted to purchase when logging in.
STUDENTS:
Click on the links below for instructions on how to add and submit assignments, purchase and access accounts, and overall SL&L account navigation.
How to purchase: How to Activate Your Student Account – Watermark (When choosing a method to activate your account, use “activate by credit card”)
SL&L Getting Started, Registration & Account, Adding & Submitting Work: Student Resources – Watermark
Submitting Time Logs for Field Experience: Submitting Time Log Entries – Watermark
SL&L Video Overview: Student Navigation Overview Video – Watermark
FACULTY and FIELD SUPERVISORS:
How to access account: Administrators/Faculty: How to Access Your Account [Logging in] – Watermark
Video Navigation Guide: Instructor Navigation Overview of Student Learning & Licensure (Video) – Watermark
Creating Rubrics and Templates: Creating Rubrics & Templates – Watermark
Creating and Editing Activities (Assignments): Creating and Editing Activities – Watermark
Assessing Activities (Assignments): Assessing Activities – Watermark
CANVAS Integration: Canvas LTI 1.3 Integration - Adding SL&L Activities to a Canvas Course – Watermark
COOPERATING TEACHERS:
How to access account: Mentors/Cooperating Teachers: How to Access Your Account [Logging in] – Watermark
Cooperating Teacher Guide: Mentor/Cooperating Teacher Guide – Watermark
Assessing Activities (Assignments): Assessing Activities – Watermark
Student Time Logs: Approve or Reject Student Time Log Entries – Watermark
Additional Resources:
NEED HELP?
Questions about field placement: Associate Dean Will Anderson, 516-463-5389, william.c.anderson@hofstra.edu
General questions about SL&L: Assistant Dean Ariana Murphy, 516-463-5745, ariana.murphy@hofsta.edu
Watermark SL&L support: Submit a request – Watermark