Focuses on apprenticeship training in a natural teaching-learning environment. The student teacher is expected to assimilate university training and on-site activities in order to synthesize methods and strategies for future professional use. A minimum of 100 clock hours of actual teaching is required. This corresponds to the State Department of Education requirement for a total of 20 teaching days of which at least 15 must be consecutive. ED 490 is to be taken concurrently with student teaching.
Internship includes a lower and an upper elementary assignment.
494 Elementary School Internship 3 hrs. Essentially the same as ED 493. However, it will require a minimum of 100 total clock hours, including a minimum of some 30 hours of responsible teaching. It is to be used by persons seeking dual certification or by post-graduate students seeking additional areas of endorsement.