Observation and Student Teaching
Sophomore Year
- Students observe and participate in the classroom setting for one morning each week. Students are placed in a different setting each semester
Junior Year
- Students observe and participate in the classroom setting for one morning a week during the first semester. During the second semester, students spend one day a week in the same classroom setting in which they will have their student teaching experience in the fall term of the senior year. This preliminary experience is guided and directed by the university's staff in conjunction with the principals and teachers of the cooperating schools.
Senior Year
- Student Teaching Experience: First semester of senior year: full-time, daily experience in which the student spends full-time in the school. During this time, the student teachers participate in a weekly seminar conducted by members of the college staff. Through lectures and discussions led by local school personnel, the prospective teachers are given the opportunity to become familiar with their professional obligations and benefits. Current trends in curricula and methods are considered and explained.
- A fee is charged for Student Teaching. No refund is made to anyone who withdraws from student teaching after pre-registration has been completed for this assignment.
- Applications for student teaching must be made by October 15 prior to student teaching (Fall semester of junior year).