Candidates are involved in opening and closing a school year. They participate daily in planning, teaching, and classroom management and have opportunities to participate in year round and conventionally calendared schools. Open structure, traditional, and multigraded classroom settings are all available. There is an emphasis on instruction and management strategies and on integration of content. There is close collaboration between university and public school faculty to insure that the individual needs of teacher candidates are met.
Group cohesiveness is fostered, encouraged, and developed throughout the year.
You will take the same course work as all candidates enrolled in CLAD programs on the CSU, Chico campus. During the year, you will enroll in 15 units of course work in the fall semester and 16 units in the spring semester. Because of the comprehensive, in-depth nature of this program, you will simulate a first year of teaching by experiencing all aspects of classroom management and teaching. You will meet the CSU, Chico credential requirements. In addition, some seminar time in the spring is devoted to interview and resume preparation.