All field experiences will have an evaluation component, which will provide the program faculty with a formative evaluation of a student s performance. The instructor of the course will arrange the required field experiences. This is the culminating activity of the major. All students completing the degree will successfully complete a fifteen-week internship under the supervision of qualified university and school district personnel. Placements are based on the program s recommendations.
Careful consideration is given to all placements by the student teaching coordinator.
Application for student teaching is made the semester prior to the experience. Review of the application process is done in MAE 4940 which is taken the semester prior to student teaching. Student teaching is a fall or spring semester experience. Placements are not available during the summer. Applications from students with a GPA less than 2.5 but greater than 2.4 will be tentatively accepted and placements made pending the achievement of a 2.5 GPA by the end of the semester.