ECED 4721 - Student Teaching K-3

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description: Student teaching provides a full-time 14-week, immersion experience for students in the early primary grades. Students are placed in one public school classroom and spend the entire semester there. The focus is the study of developmentally appropriate practices using NAEYC standards for primary grades. During student teaching, students steadily increase their leadership in classroom responsibilities including curriculum development in math, science, language arts, and social studies; classroom design; child guidance; assessment; family involvement; health and safety; and the development of a professional role in the public school-early childhood classroom. Supervision provided by university supervisor and field-based professionals to meet national professional standards and support mastery of knowledge, skills, dispositions required for teacher certification concentration in Early Childhood Education (Kindergarten - grade 3).
Pre-requisite(s): ECED 4720 ; EDUC 3240 .