They carry no academic credit but are recorded on the student's official transcript and count toward NY State certification. These two practica provide students with field experiences in local classrooms.
Students work in the program area in which they are seeking certification.
In addition to observing master teachers at work, tutors are expected to help individual students and small groups with academic work, monitor the completion of guided practice by students, and plan and teach lessons to small groups of students. Each fieldwork practicum runs for a minimum of 3 hours each week for the full semester. The practica are offered concurrently with education seminars EDUC 081 and EDUC 082 and provide the field component for those seminars. No academic credit. These two practica provide students with field experiences in local schools for a minimum of three hours each week for the full semester.