EDUC 488 - Student Teaching - Dual Experience (Art, Music, Physical Education Candidates)

12 credits
40 hours per week.

This course is designed to serve as the capstone experience for the pre-service teacher who is preparing to teach art, music or physical education. Specifically, this course provides the pre-service teacher with the opportunity: to observe and participate in the art of teaching at the elementary and secondary school levels; to collaborate with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community for the purpose of generating additional support for students’ learning and well-being; to engage in effective interactions with parents for supporting students’ learning and wellbeing; to implement practices that convey an understanding of the responsibilities, structure and activities of the teaching profession; and to reflect on his/ her teaching and its effects on student growth and learning. The pre-service teacher spends one-half of the student teaching experience in an elementary school, the other half in a secondary school. Additionally, the pre-service teacher is exposed to a student teaching experience in both an urban and a suburban setting. Gradual induction into full-time teaching responsibilities occurs in each setting. An additional student teaching fee is required for matriculation in this course.

Prerequisite(s) Completion of all courses in the general, major and professional sequence, and admission to the Teacher Education Program.