ELED 590Internship in Childhood Educ

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ELED 590 and 591 are companion courses. ELED 590 is the Internship for Childhood Education. The purpose of ELED 590 is that you put into practice in a classroom setting the skills and dispositions you have been learning about throughout your prior fieldwork experiences and coursework. The Internship for Childhood Education is a full-time, full-semester student teaching experience, which provides you the exciting opportunity to put what you have been learning into practice. You are expected to arrive at school half an hour before the students so that you can touch base with your team and ready yourself for the day. Once the students arrive, you will be busy so make the most of this morning time. Although you are expected to plan and teach from the beginning, as the semester goes on, you will assume more and more responsibilities in the classroom. This will culminate in your solo week, where you will take the lead on planning, teaching, and classroom management. Your solo week will take place sometime after Thanksgiving, at the beginning of December. During your solo week, your teacher and aides will be present in the classroom and continue their work supporting students but you will take on the lead role. Open to matriculated students only. Graded S/U only. Offered: fall. 3 credits.