Practicum III Students complete a minimum of 35 clock hours of clinical experience of observation and participation. A journal recording details and special features of teachers and students as they interact in the teaching-learning experience is required. In Practicum III, students are required to focus on reading instruction, diagnosis of reading difficulties, and the correction of reading difficulties. Instructional modules are part of the seminar hours. Applications are due 60 days before the Practicum begins.
Student teaching is twelve weeks of the clinical semester.
A supervisor from Wilmington College and a cooperating teacher in the assigned school are identified to mentor and monitor each student teacher. Attention is given to placing students in schools and classrooms that reflect a diverse student population. Students are required to attend 80 clock hours of regularly scheduled seminars for four weeks of the clinical semester. Modules of instruction in such areas as assessment, educational psychology, foundations of education, and values education are included in the seminars.