Stu Teach Pract MS Science

Catalog description

Students will complete a minimum of 20 days, or 100 hours, teaching students in a middle school (grades 7 through 9) science classroom under the daily supervision and mentorship of an experienced and certified cooperating science teacher. During this practicum experience the student teacher will progress from observing and helping the regular classroom teacher to taking on full responsibility for the class him- or herself. The practicum, under the supervision and guidance of the cooperating teacher, will include experience in: designing, developing and implementing daily lesson plans; creating quizzes and exams; designing and grading homework assignments; implementing classroom discipline; continuously evaluating student understanding and using daily evaluations to modify future teaching practices; employing effective ways to carry out routine administrative practices, including the taking of attendance and assigning student grades. The cooperating teacher will meet with the student teacher on a regular basis to help the student teacher develop his/her skills and practices; help answer or find answers to questions the student teacher might have; and remain in the classroom to monitor all activities and to provide supervision whenever the student teacher takes over the class. A full-time faculty supervisor from the Graduate School of Education will meet with both the student teacher and the cooperating teacher on a regular basis, observe the student teacher's performance in the classroom, and discuss the student teacher's development with both the student teacher and cooperating teacher. At the end of the semester the cooperating teacher will submit to the Touro University faculty supervisor an evaluation form for the student teacher indicating areas of strength and weakness and where the student teacher should concentrate on improving his or her teaching skills.…