SCED-58200 Clinical Practice Internship & Seminar: Secondary Education

The purpose of this clinical practice experience is to provide currently licensed teachers with the opportunity to apply their theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills in a new licensure area to the diverse and inclusive classroom. During clinical practice, candidates engage in a guided, 16-week full-time experience in middle level, secondary, or foreign language classrooms or other settings, under the cooperation and supervision of mentor teachers and a University supervisor. Clinical practice consists of the candidate observing the students, the environment and the mentor teacher, as well as being responsible for the developmentally appropriate instruction of students individually, in small groups and as a whole class. Attendance at Clinical Practice Seminar is required. For those seeking additional Illinois licensure, evidence of successful completion of the appropriate State of Illinois content area test must be received in the Department of Education. Enrollment in this course requires the signature of the advisor and appropriate program director. Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the Department of Education and the Teacher Education Committees. For fall student teaching, all tests must be completed by May 1 of the prior semester. For spring teaching all tests must be completed by September 1 of the prior semester.

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Credits

6