EDUC 4895B - Student Teaching: Planning and Assessment Middle Grades Education

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Preparation Program; MGED 4600A , MGED 4600B , MGED 4600C
Co-requisite: EDUC 4895A
This is one of two linked capstone courses for students pursuing a degree in Middle Grades Education. It is designed to be taken along with EDUC 4895A Student Teaching: Professional Practices. 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 effective instructional planning for student mastery of rigorous content and differentiation as needed, as well as utilization of assessment strategies to maximize student achievement and inform instructional decisions.