SPED-48300 Clinical Practice and Seminar: Special Education

This course is designed for candidates seeking Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist 1 (LBS1) licensure with total involvement in the participating school system. Progress in developing teaching skills is observed carefully and supervised by the mentor teacher and University supervisor. Assignment is made at the elementary level for eight weeks and the middle/secondary level for eight weeks. Associated seminars focus on edTPA work sessions, interviewing and resumes. This course meets the advanced writing requirement. Attendance at clinical experience seminars is required. Clinical Practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the Department of Education and the Teacher Education Committee. 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.

 

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Credits

9