These experiences provide students with increasing amounts of responsibility in school settings and serve as preparation for full-time student teaching. Cooperating teachers complete a training workshop to become familiar with our procedures and conceptual framework. Such collaborative relationships allow practicing professionals to share their expertise with future educators, help bridge gaps between teacher preparation and practice, and form lasting networks. Students are assigned to a variety of schools and grade levels throughout their programs including placements in urban, suburban, and rural school corporations. This field experience emphasizes participation at a limited level small group and individual tutoring experiences also planning and evaluation experiences with the classroom teacher and observation of exceptional students.
Students participate at a more involved level, including whole group planning and teaching.
Observations and limited teaching within specific content areas. Some methods courses and their field experiences are taught through collaborative programs with elementary schools. Students are in classrooms five mornings each week and have increased responsibility for planning, teaching, and evaluating whole group and small group lessons. The student teaching portfolio is created during this experience. The student teaching portfolio is created during this experience.