Special Education Field I

Catalog description

The field experience provides teacher education candidates the opportunity to accomplish field-based requirements of program coursework and demonstrate growth towards mastery of program standards. This is one of three linked courses for students pursuing a degree in special education. It is designed to be taken along with SPED 3100 , Characteristics of Students with Mild Disabilities P12, SPED 3200A , Foundations and Planning for Students with Mild Disabilities, and EDUC 3700 , Digital Age Teaching. This course is a semester-long student field experience in two diverse grade-level school settings, under the supervision of a qualified classroom teacher and college faculty. Candidates will observe students in the classroom and examine how the mentor teacher plans, teaches, and assesses students with special needs. Candidates will have the opportunity to plan and teach lessons under the guidance of the mentor teacher. In addition, candidates will be expected to demonstrate professionalism, and effective use of research-based instructional methods and strategies, as well as demonstrating the skills necessary to create a positive and academically challenging learning environment for all students. Students will spend 12 hours per week in their school-based field placement.