This Department offers three sequences of study. This sequence prepares one for employment in e lementary and middle or junior high schools and is open only to teachers certified in Illinois who possess at least one year of teaching experience at the K through 12 level. Practicum is an 100 hour field-based experience that requires a minimum of 40 hours of clinical contact hours with clients and is a prerequisite for Internship. The combined Internship I and II is a 600 hour, field-based experience that requires a minimum of 240 hours of clinical contact with clients.
Students earn three credit hours for each internship.
Failure to complete the required hours for a given semester will result in a grade of incomplete. The deficient hours must be completed within the next semester. The primary site for the secondary sequence will be a secondary school and the alternate site an elementary or middle school, while primary site for the elementary sequence will be an elementary or middle school and the alternate site a secondary school. This sequence prepares one for employment in secondary and junior high schools and is open only to teachers certified in Illinois who possess at least one year of teaching experience at the K through 12 level. The combined Internship I and II is a 600 hour, field-based experience that requires a minimum of 240 hours of clinical contact with clients.