- Clinical Practice and Seminar: Secondary

Catalog description

This course is designed for students seeking the Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement in secondary education. Candidates complete a 16 week clinical practice. They will be expected to assume full responsibility for the duties of classroom teacher, including development, delivery and assessment of instruction; grading and evaluation of students; classroom management; communication with parents and school personnel and interpretation of data related to student learning. Progress in development is carefully monitored through observation and feedback from the mentor teacher, University supervisor and content area specialist. Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the Department of Education and the Teacher Education committees. For fall student teaching, all testing requirements must be completed by May 1 of the prior semester. For spring student teaching, all testing requirements must be completed by October 1 of the prior semester. See schedule book for associated fees. Notes: Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education Committees.