Supervision of completion of these activities is provided by the professor in the classroom by scoring of completed products. Each core class must have at least one field experience. Candidates design and implement a lesson plan, work with a group to design a social studies unit and conduct a cooperative learning lesson. Candidates write a case study identifying and assessing a student at-risk and providing strategies for meeting student needs. Candidates conduct a math assessment and strategize how they would work with the student.
Candidates participate in a math night for families.
Candidates are required to observe a student with significant disabilities in a classroom or in the community and then to present a case study to the class regarding the specific disabling characteristics of that student and his or her life span needs. Candidates are required to conduct a family interview with the significant others of a student with significant disabilities. Candidates are required to conduct a six-week assessment, instruction, and analysis case study outside the university classroom. This includes assessment of reading and writing ability, analysis of the results, a written plan for instruction and an evaluation. Each candidate videotapes themselves teaching a decoding lesson and a writers workshop lesson.