Clinical Experience II, Grade 7-12

Catalog description

Students complete one 20-day practicum experience or its equivalent (at least 100 hours) teaching students with disabilities (inclusion classes with strong special education components are acceptable) at the grade 7- 9 level and one 20-day experience or its equivalent (at least 100 hours) teaching students with disabilities (inclusion classes with strong special education components are acceptable) at the grade 10-12 level. All practicum work is done in accredited schools with the involvement of appropriately certified supervising or cooperating teachers who submit student evaluation forms at the conclusion of the semester. Over the course of the field experience and practicum courses, some work is done in a highneed school or a school serving a high-need community. Students keep time sheets of their hours, analyze lessons, write an essay on evidence-based methods of instruction, respond to questions about grade 7-12 education, complete an assignment on how they assessed student learning in their lessons that have been observed by assigned faculty members, and complete a comprehensive culminating project in which they analyze and reflect on the ways in which various aspects of the program have affected their understanding of and interventions with their own students. Students also write a reflection paper on what they learned from carrying out the work of the case study completed in the second literacy course. The course includes scheduled group meetings. An assigned Touro University faculty member observes practicum students for a minimum of two formal lessons in the classroom or other educational facility. (Please note: This course must be taken in the last semester of study.)