ECE 4390Student Teaching and Seminar

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Prerequisites: Completion of all requirements of the major, Early Childhood licensure program and general studies. Initial sign-off on the program requirement by the education advisor is required. Senior Experience This course requires student teaching assignments in an accredited public or private school as follows: One assignment in either pre-K or K grade levels for 8 weeks and one assignment in either 1 s', 2"d or 3rd grade levels for 8 weeks for a total of 16 weeks. Both student teaching experiences require increasing responsibility for the teaching, supervision and direction of a group of learners. Teacher candidates are required to complete a teacher work sample, documenting impact on student learning and attend 15 hours of seminars. College supervisors provide regularly scheduled observations, seminars and conferences which support work sample development and standards-based proficiency. Upon completion of this course, teacher candidates must be minimally rated as "proficient" in all Performance Based standards for Colorado teachers to receive MSUD recommendation for licensure.