Teacher: Does (unpaid) student teaching count as work experience?

[alexbuff]

Hello,

Does anybody know if (unpaid) student teaching counts as work experience? I know its "part of the college program" (I got mine done in the US), but then on the other hand, its not a necessity in order to get a degree.
I got my degree at a US University and had two consecutive student teaching experiences, adding 6 months of potential work experience. Is there some way to use that time ?

Thanks for your help.

 

[canadarulez]

You will earn points for the number of years you have spent in full-time (37.5 hours per week), paid work.

Minimum work experience requirements

You must meet the following minimum work experience requirements to be eligible to apply as a skilled worker:

•You must have at least one year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time employment.
•Your work experience must be in an occupation of Skill Type 0, or Skill Level A or B of the Canadian National Occupation Classification (NOC). See below for instructions on determining the NOC category for your work experience.
•You must have had this experience within the last 10 years.

[SISH7255]

As canadarulez said it should be a paid work experience.

Volunteer or unpaid work experience will not count at all.