Independent Study for Early Teaching Support

Catalog description

Doctoral candidates are required to complete SASS 630 : Seminar on Social Work Education in fall semester of the second year, and during that semester or immediately following, to complete a non-credit teaching mentorship with a full-time faculty. Following the mentorship and with judged readiness to teach independently, the student will request that the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs assign the student an undergraduate or graduate course to teach independently. This course is designed to be taken concurrently with the candidate's independent teaching experiences. In rare instances, and with permission of the Chair of the Doctoral Program (or permission of the instructor), it may be taken prior to or concurrently with SASS 630 . The course is offered in fall and spring. The course may be repeated during the candidate's first three teaching experiences for students entering Fall 2016, or later.