This graduate level course will include a laboratory component with microteaching experiences and will be taken in the summer preceding the senior year. Curricular planning and instruction with an emphasis on instructional techniques and strategies for the particular area of certification. These graduate level courses integrate and emphasize content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and curricular knowledge. Students choose the course that corresponds to the area in which they seek certification and take the course in the summer term preceding their senior year. Classroom teaching in a nearby secondary school under the supervision of a secondary school mentor and a college supervisor.
Students teach during the fall term of their senior year.
This seminar is designed to complement and extend previous coursework in educational and instructional theory and relate these theories and models to the ongoing classroom experience during the student teaching term. To be considered for a recommendation for certification, students must submit a final portfolio that describes how they have met each of the criteria listed below. Program and faculty advisors will meet with students throughout their program to plan how to best meet these criteria through a variety of courses and experiences. Each applicant for a provisional teaching certificate must also achieve a satisfactory level of performance on a New York test of liberal arts and sciences. Students selecting the M.A.T. option may either complete the graduate degree following their undergraduate program or complete both degrees simultaneously through the combined degree option.