A minimum of one hundred clock hours of documented field experience is required for all certification candidates prior to student teaching.
Students are responsible for their own transportation.
Field experience hours are completed as part of the coursework in Educational Studies. They are planned to provide a gradual, sequential, and coherent introduction to the full range of teaching possibilities. They are integrated within the goals of Educational Studies and Music Education coursework and supervised by University faculty and school personnel. Field experiences allow students to acquire practical experience that complements the theoretical content included in Educational Studies coursework. Field experiences enable students to develop understandings of the school as a social system, and of the relationship of the school to the larger community.