EDUC 4885A - Student Teaching: Professional Practices - Chemistry

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Preparation Program; Satisfactory completion with grade of C or better of EDUC 4600A, EDUC 4600B and EDUC 4600C ; Admission to Student Teaching
Co-requisite: EDUC 4885B; EDUC 4800
This is one of two linked capstone courses for students pursuing a degree in Chemistry with a Teacher Preparation Concentration. It is designed to be taken along with EDUC 4885B , 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.