ED465 Clinical Practice I & Seminar

In Clinical Practice I, students develop the understandings, skills, and dispositions essential for quality teaching. Students must demonstrate mastery of subject area content, lesson planning, and multiple instructional strategies for a total of 175 hours of clinical practice. Students will have the opportunity to participate in the teaching-learning process in Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Secondary and Special Education settings depending on the certification(s) they are pursuing. Clinical interns will practice teach in a school setting under the guidance of an effective or highly effective cooperating teacher. Seminars are held to coordinate and evaluate clinical practice, as well as introduce and begin the edTPA portfolio that is completed and submitted during Clinical Practice II. Clinical supervisors will visit for initial observations. Clinical interns are responsible for their own transportation to their field setting. Pre-requisites: Students must have passed the Praxis exams related to their certification programs to be enrolled. Pre-requisites: ED 101, ED 105, and ED 200. Co-requisites: ED 310 or ED 315 or ED 330. Junior Education Status. A min. 3.0 GPA is required.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

ED101, ED105, ED200