Description

EDCI 401 is designed to smooth the transition from being a student to being a Student Teacher.  Activities are centered around the tasks, responsibilities, and assignments students will encounter during student teaching.  Students are placed in classrooms in their major disciplines for a minimum of 45 hours for observation, participation and teaching experiences.  These placements include city and rural schools with a mix of ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the pupils.  Campus seminars include a wide variety of current topics in secondary education.

Measurable Objectives of the Experience

• Design and describe an eclectic approach to teaching

• Create and collect artifacts that reflect identified standards in the professional portfolio

• Identify components of effective classroom management

• Write lesson plans

• Analyze lesson effectiveness

• Examine methods to effectively use and manage technology

• Use best practice teaching strategies to create an environment conducive to learning, and manage learner behavior to provide productive learning opportunities

• Become familiar with local curriculum requirements and ways in which concepts are integrated across the curricula