Summer/Fall Handbook

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Students in each of these courses secure a student teaching placement working with a cooperating teacher certified in the area and at the level that they are student teaching.

The student teaching practicum is designed to take the student teacher through a developmental sequence of increasing responsibility which includes observation, small group work and team teaching, toward the goal of taking the major responsibility (under guidance of the cooperating teacher) for daily planning, teaching, evaluating, and communicating with parents and other school professionals.

Education 510 is taken concurrently with student teaching. This course meets 4 afternoons during the first week of student teaching, continues with weekly meetings for the rest of the semester, and concludes with a 4-day workshop after the completion of student teaching. The course is designed around support and study groups related to areas of interest.

This is a specialized principles and methods course in a student's certification area. These courses concentrate on the problems, issues, strategies and materials in the teaching of each specific field at the appropriate level. This course includes a field experience component.

Through field experiences, students gain an understanding of the work of middle and high school teachers and relate that understanding to their motives and goals for teaching. This course includes a field experience component.

Students spend at least ten hours per week at some point during the summer, usually during the mid-weeks of July, engaged in teaching activities under the guidance of their sponsoring teacher in schools summer schools and special projects camps. This course includes a minimum of 26 hours of clinical field experience.

EDUC 615F Inclusive Pedagogy in Math and Science (3 cr)

SUMMER SESSION

This course seeks to promote equity in the classroom by raising awareness of issues of inclusion and helping aspiring educators to develop principles and methods that enable all students to reach their full potential. Students are encouraged to reconstruct past experiences in order to build new methods of inclusion and become active, responsible, and collaborative participants in the classroom.

EDUC 615 J Education and the Law (1cr)
FALL SESSION

This seminar course meets five times during the semester and focuses on the teacher's rights and responsibilities under the law. Topics include due process, freedom of expression, school rules, discrimination, harassment, etc.

EDUC 693  Educational Psychology (3cr)

SUMMER SESSIONS

This course emphasizes psychological principles and issues related to instruction. Topics include cognitive development, achievement motivation, instructional strategies, and individual differences.