Carrel, recent graduate Any faculty member or student in the College of Education will agree with her. Located in Brown Hall, the Elementary Education program at Northwest offers a unique op portun ity. College classrooms are upstairs. Horace Mann School is downstairs. Starting their freshman year, Northwest Elementary Education students begin a process of observing and teaching students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.
Freshman begin their classwork by observing and keeping notebooks of their findings.
Then, the practicum process starts. Practicum experiences vary according to major but generally include math, science, social studies reading and language arts and can last from one to eight weeks. The learning experience does not end with the elementary classroom. Frequently, practicum students are videotaped while working in Horace Mann School. Then, they go upstairs to watch themselves and receive feedback from their professors.