Student Teaching-Grades 1 - 6

Catalog description

Student teaching consists of two twenty-day student teaching experiences in special education covering the two developmental levels, grades 1-3 and grades 4-6. Student teachers are supervised by appropriately certified cooperating teachers. Students are also observed and evaluated by Touro faculty. Student teaching placements are made in which students can increasingly take responsibility for teaching activities, including reaching the point of presenting academic lessons and activities independently. Students keep logs of their hours and experiences. Student teaching experiences are accompanied by regularly scheduled classes. Instruction is provided, and discussion encouraged, on professional issues ranging from creating lesson plans to arranging a professional portfolio and resume. Particular emphasis is placed on self-awareness and analysis of one's own teaching performance.