Students are required to spend a minimum of 90 hours in the kindergarten practicum. A minimum of 45 hours of the total 90 hours must be logged in teaching. Students gradually assume responsibility for the class and assume total responsibility for the full day of class activities for a minimum of one week during the practicum. Education 586 is offered as a summer practicum on campus for graduate level students. Students are required to spend a minimum of 90 hours in the practicum.
Time is spent in observation and participation prior to actual teaching.
During the teaching portion, practicum students are responsible for planning, management of materials, classroom organization, instruction, and assessment. In addition, each student will be required to attend seminar sessions with the instructor daily. Seminar discussions will include lesson planning, assessments of student learning, and teaching evaluation. Letter grades are used for this graduate level course. The evaluation instrument is the same one used for Education 432.