EDUC 402 Student Teaching & Seminar: Early Childhood
EDUC 401, 402, and 403, taken concurrently, involve student teaching, conducting action research in the classroom, and completing an electronic portfolio. The student teaching experience (401 and 402) consists of a full-day, fourteen-week semester spent in an early childhood classroom (e.g., child care center) or an elementary school setting (kindergarten or grades 1st through 3rd) through which the candidate gains teaching knowledge and experience. For 401, candidates observe and assume limited teaching responsibility for 10 weeks. For 402, candidates assume full responsibility for a minimum of four weeks of the semester. Student teaching seminar (403) involves attending a weekly seminar and completing an action research project as well as an electronic portfolio designed to meet professional and departmental standards. Only one other course may be taken with the student teaching experience. Prerequisites: Successful completion of program requirements; permission of Director of Teacher Education; senior or graduate status.