Grades K-2 Practicum

Catalog description

This practicum is a blend of university-based classroom instruction and field experience at a K-2 school setting. Teacher candidates gain experience with instructional practices in numeracy and literacy in a local school site. The focus is on instructional planning, instructional practice, and formative evaluation. The course integrates knowledge, skills, dispositions, and field experiences appropriate to content and pedagogy knowledge in early childhood (PreK-2). The course is framed by Pennsylvania State and national professional standards, the Themes and Domains of the Leading Teacher Program, and pedagogy knowledge in relation to the field experience in an early childhood school setting.