Selected adjunct faculty members are well qualified teachers drawn from surrounding school systems. Your varied learning experiences should also foster the sensitivity and curiosity that lead to continuous improvement throughout your teaching career. Practice Teaching and Internships Your work as a student will culminate in an experience as a student teacher in a local school. During this time you will be observed, assisted and evaluated by supervisors from the University and on-site cooperating teachers trained by the state for this task. This will not be your first experience in the classroom since you will also serve two hours a week as an intern in an inner-city school while you are taking the course in Educational Psychology.
Many students also gain valuable experience as volunteers with local schools.
Student teachers from Fairfield are placed in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Orange, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton. A survey course in U.S. History is also required. Life After Fairfield Students who complete their certification satisfactorily have excellent prospects of beginning positions in teaching. They are helped by the reputation Fairfield has earned for teacher preparation, broad faculty contacts within the profession, and a large number of alumni who are established in school systems throughout Connecticut and nearby states. Applications for admission are reviewed on a rolling basis.