Elementary Internship I (PK-2).

Catalog description

Semester course; 4 field experience hours. 4 credits. Prerequisites: TEDU 417 , TEDU 422 , TEDU 466 and TEDU 496 . Corequisites: TEDU 474 and TEDU 481 . Enrollment is restricted to students with passing scores on VCLA and Praxis II. This internship serves as the teacher candidate’s culminating clinical experience. It provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned during their professional academic preparation. It also serves as an opportunity for public school and VCU personnel to evaluate and strengthen teacher candidates’ application of theory to practice in an elementary classroom. Teacher candidates complete a full-time seven-to-eight-week placement in a pre-K/kindergarten to 2nd grade classroom.