Requirements for Teacher Education Fieldwork
“I was glad that my field experience as a student teacher began in my freshman year. I didn’t have to wait three years to find out how I’d feel in front of a classroom of middle schoolers.”
- Wendy Foti, Class of 2000
Relation to College Courses
Most of the fieldwork experiences are directly connected to education department course work. For each of the goals of the teacher education program there are sets of knowledge and performance objectives. It is through the clinical experiences that teacher candidates have the opportunity to achieve the performance objectives. Each specific education department program has its own unique structure to help students to meet the fieldwork goals and objectives.
Undergraduate Early Childhood/Middle Childhood (EC/MC) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 300 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 312 |
Psychology of Teaching and Learning – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 365 |
Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Education – Self placement under instructor’s guidance. |
6 hours |
| EDU 245 |
Teaching in a Multicultural Society – Self placement under instructor’s guidance. |
10 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Introduction to Exceptional Learners – Optional field placement under instructor’s guidance |
30 hours
Optional |
| EDU 411/511 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts, Pre K-3 – Self placement under instructor’s guidance. |
15 hours |
A minimum of 20 hours of approved fieldwork is required for EC/MC majors for admission to the department.
| Undergraduate Middle Childhood/Early Adolescence (MC/EA) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 300 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 312 |
Psychology of Teaching and Learning – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 245 |
Teaching in a Multicultural Society – Self placement under instructor’s guidance. |
10 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Intro. To Exceptional Learners |
30 hours
|
A minimum of 20 hours of approved fieldwork is required for MC/EA majors for admission to the department.
Certification to Masters (Post-Baccalaureate) Early Childhood/Middle Childhood (EC/MC) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 300 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Introduction to Exceptional Learners - Optional placement under instructor's guidance. |
30 hours
Optional |
| EDU 411/511 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts, Pre K-3 – Self placement under instructor’s guidance |
15 hours |
| EDU 212 |
Teaching Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Mathematics – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| Certification to Masters (Post-Baccalaureate) Middle Childhood/Early Adolescent (MC/EA) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 300 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
30 hours |
| EDU 212 |
Teaching Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Mathematics – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
Undergraduate and Certification to Masters (Post-Baccalaureate) in Early Adolescence/Adolescence (EA/A) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 321 |
Psychology Applied to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 303/502 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Middle/Secondary School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
15 hours |
| EDU 322 |
Instructional Methods: General – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator and course instructor |
30 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
30 hours |
For students pursuing the EA/A license, a minimum of 20 hours of approved fieldwork is required for admission to the department.
| Undergraduate and Certification to Masters (Post-Baccalaureate) in Early Childhood/Adolescence (EC/A) |
| EDU 200 |
Orientation to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
10 hours |
| EDU 321 |
Psychology Applied to Teaching – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
30 hours |
| EDU 303/502 |
Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Middle/Secondary School I – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator |
15 hours |
| EDU 322 |
Instructional Methods: General – Placement through Fieldwork Coordinator and course instructor |
30 hours |
| EDU 405/703 |
Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
30 hours |
For students pursuing the EC/A license, a minimum of 20 hours of approved fieldwork is required for admission to the department. |