ELED-58100 Clinical Practice & Seminar: Elementary

This course is designed for candidates planning to be licensed elementary teachers in Illinois. This course provides intensive daily experience in an elementary setting. Progress in developing teaching skills is carefully observed and supervised by an experienced and approved mentor teacher and the University supervisor. Evaluation is based on a variety of performance assessments. Both formative and summative feedback will be provided including the areas of content knowledge, planning, instructional delivery, assessment, data-driven interventions, classroom management and professionalism. The experience and related seminars focus on communication and collaboration, developing a quality learning environment, developing effective research-based instruction and assessments and professional reflection development. Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education committees. For fall student teaching, all tests must be completed by May 1 of the prior semester. For spring student teaching, all tests must be completed by September 1 of the prior semester.

See course schedule book for associated fees.

Credits

6

Notes

Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education Committees.