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53-450 Secondary Extended Supervised Field Experience

This course is intended for those candidates who need extended field experiences with the ongoing supervision by University personnel.  Length of field experiences will be determined by the Department and is subject to Department Chair approval.  Completion of this experience does not guarantee eligibility for student teaching.

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Prerequisites

53-200 and 53-300

53-481 Secondary Student Teaching

Candidates will complete a 15-week student teaching opportunity. They will be expected to assume full responsibility for the duties of classroom teacher, including development delivery and assessment of instruction, grading and evaluation of students, classroom management, communication with parents and school personnel and interpretation of data related to student learning. Progress in development is carefully monitored through observation and feedback from the mentor teacher, University supervisor and content area specialist.

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Prerequisites

2.75 GPA; Admission to student teaching; all required content, methods and field experience course work completed; and a negative TB test on file.

Corequisites

Student Teaching may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education Committees.

53-484 Internship in Theology Education

This course is designed to provide practical experience for candidates wishing to teach middle/high school theology.  Student teachers have total involvement in the participating school system.  Progress in developing teaching skills is carefully observed and supervised by the mentor t eacher and University supervisor over 8 weeks.  This course may be taken in conjunction with Special Methods of Teaching Theology.
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53-499 Independent Study

This course includes a study or project done under the direction of a member of the Department of Secondary Education.

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Prerequisites

Consent of Dean, Independent Study Form.