Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 | Page 261

EDU-439
Independent Study
Investigation of selected topics . Registration with permission of the advisor , Dean and the Vice President for Academic Affairs .
EDU-490
Secondary Student Teaching The student teaching requirement ( 13 weeks ) is fulfilled
during the last semester of senior year . Each candidate
for certification spends five days a week for seven weeks
in a primary grade and even weeks in an intermediate
grade . Seminar and individual conferences are required
by supervisors .
EDU-495
Field Experience II
During the second Field Experience , the Education
Studies major will spend two ( 2 ) days per week in a
school setting exploring and assisting the classroom
teacher . Here the student will tutor , help with
assignments , teach small group lessons and continue to
refine their knowledge of effective teaching using the
four domains of effective teaching . A University
Supervisor will evaluate the student in the classroom . A
weekly seminar accompanies this Field Experience .
1.00
6.00
6.00
EDU-498
Student Teaching Seminar
Student Teaching and Seminar is a requirement fulfilled after all other coursework requirements have been completed and the student has at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0 . The student is required to make formal application February 1st of the spring semester prior to the academic year in which the student anticipates engaging in student teaching . The experience is designed to allow for the development of professionalism in the school and the community setting , while affording the opportunity to apply teaching methodology and education concepts mastered in coursework on a daily basis . This student teaching experience is for 16 weeks in an inclusion classroom under the supervision of a certified teacher and is accompanied by a bi-weekly seminar class to provide an opportunity to analyze the experience . Prerequisite : All course work completed .
12.00