Student Teaching (Secondary)

Catalog description

Prerequisites/Co-requisites: EDUC 4001 and EDUC 4003 or departmental waiver. Senior or graduate standing, consent of a public school principal and permission from program coordinator or department chair. This course will apply the theories from all previous coursework to practice teaching in a local public school. Students will experience all aspects of teaching via supervised field experience. Students are required to meet In TASC/NM teacher competencies through a minimum of 16 weeks of structured student teaching in an approved educational setting (grades 7-12). Theymust also assume all required teacher duties as appropriate including; lesson planning, assessment, individualized instruction, parent-teacher conferences, IEP/grade-level/department meetings, professional development, etc.