Description
This field experience will provide all teacher candidates with a two-hour per week experience in a high-needs district in inclusive classrooms at the grade levels for which the candidates are being prepared to teach. Teaching experiences will be in all content and special subject areas normally taught in all certification areas. Evaluation will be by certified cooperating teachers. Observations and implementation of pedagogical knowledge in the diverse classroom will be the focus of this field experience. Two supervised one-hour seminar meetings regarding field experiences are required. This course also helps prepare teacher candidates for the edTPA, a performance-based assessment required for initial certification by analyzing and applying the three tasks: (1) Planning for Instruction and Assessment, (2) Instructing and Engaging Students in Learning and (3) Assessing Student Learning. Corequisite: EDU 329.