SCED 490 - Observation and Student Teaching in the Secondary School - (English, Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Physics)

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 in the secondary school. Specifically, this course provides the pre-service teacher with an opportunity to study the art of teaching by extended observation of and actual experience in teaching secondary school students; 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 the purpose of generating additional support for students’ learning and well-being; 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 efforts on student growth and learning. Seminars are provided to help the pre-service teacher solve problems related to his/her teaching experiences and to deal with other professional matters. The pre-service teacher is placed in the public schools of Baltimore City and nearby counties and is assigned to contrasting cultural and instructional situations. The University provides a staff representative who works with the cooperating teacher and with the pre- service teacher by making frequent visits to the schools. An additional student teaching fee is required for matriculation in this course.

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