Description
This field experience will provide teacher candidates supervised experiences with two different age groups within the range of grade levels for which the candidates are being prepared to teach. Teaching experiences in all content areas normally taught in the childhood classrooms with diverse student populations will be provided as well as opportunities for a gradual increase in the teacher candidate's responsibilities in the classroom. Childhood teacher candidates will be under supervision of certified master teachers. Evaluations will be based on field performance. A nine hour field experience per week is required. This course also helps to 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.