EDUC 480L General Methods Field Experience
This course is designed for teacher candidates who are secondary education majors and compliments their general methods course. The experience includes a 30-hour field placement in a secondary school classroom with a clinical educator who supports candidates' teaching skills. Candidates will observe their cooperating teachers, examine the professional practice of teaching, reflectively journal, teach at least one lesson, demonstrate professional disposition, and model ethical practice. The teacher candidate will be observed once during the experience; this observation will include pre and post conference and feedback on instruction. Corequisite: EDUC 480. This course requires students to have an approved background check and liability insurance prior to the field experience.