The unit and its school partners jointly determine the specific placements of student teachers and interns for other professional roles to maximize the learning experience for candidates and P-12 students. Clinical practice does not provide opportunities to use information technology to support teaching and learning. Clinical practice is not long or intensive enough for candidates to demonstrate their ability to take full responsibility for the roles for which they are preparing. Criteria for clinical faculty are not known. Clinical faculty do not demonstrate the knowledge and skills expected of accomplished school professionals.
Clinical practice allows candidates to use information technology to support teaching and learning.
Clinical practice is sufficiently extensive and intensive for candidates to demonstrate competence in professional roles for which they are preparing. Criteria for clinical faculty are clear and known to all involved parties. Clinical faculty are accomplished school professionals. Clinical faculty provide regular and continuing support for student teachers and other interns through such processes as observation, conferencing, group discussion, email, and the use of other technology. Field experiences allow candidates to apply and reflect on their content, professional, and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions in a variety of settings with students and adults.