This course gives the student the initial teaching experience within the teaching major. Each student will be assigned to a master teacher and begin integrating theory into practice. This course surveys the various reasons for behavior problems and disorders in the American school system. Various behavioral and humanistic models of classroom management are examined. This is a hands-on course designed to acquaint the prospective teacher with the uses of instructional technology.
Students learn to use technology within a framework of sound learning theory and lesson design.
The culminating activities consist of a portfolio exhibit and teaching performance. This course involves on-site experiences with many diverse groups. This evening course which meets every other week is specifically designed for the senior students who are student teaching. The culmination of the professional sequence is the Teaching Practicum usually taken during the student's last semester of the senior year. Student teachers are placed in specific teaching assignments with experienced cooperating teachers and under the supervision of a college professor.