EDUC 4855A - Student Teaching: Professional Practices

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Student Teaching
Co-requisite: EDUC 4800 and EDUC 4855B
This is one of 2 linked capstone courses for student pursuing a degree in teacher education. It is designed to be taken along with EDUC 4855B Student Teaching: Planning and Assessment. This course is a semester long full-time teaching experience in a school setting, under the supervision of a qualified classroom teacher and college faculty. Candidates will transition from collaborative planning and teaching to full-time teaching responsibility. Candidates will be expected to assume all of the classroom responsibilities of the supervising teacher, as well as extra duty assignments. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate professionalism, and effective use of instructional strategies, as well as provision of a positive and academically challenging learning environment for all students.