Teaching Internship and Seminar in the Adolescent Classroom

Catalog description

Students will develop their teaching skills through working with students in the early adolescent (grades 7-9) and adolescent (grades 10-12) classrooms, integrating theories of development, learning, collaboration, language and literacy acquisition, curriculum development, using technology, assessment and differentiating instruction in their discipline with actual teaching practice. During this one-semester experience, students will assume increasing responsibility for the classroom environment and design and management of their curriculum, reflecting regularly on all aspects of their teaching. These internships comprise the year-long, 6-credit option for the teaching internship. Permission of department required.