EDU 5481 Pre-Student Teaching Childhood/Special Education Field Experiences in Inclusive Classrooms
The Pre-Student Teaching field experience must be completed the semester PRIOR to Student Teaching. This field experience will provide teacher candidates observations and supervised experiences in a classroom in the specific area of childhood/ special education for which the teacher candidate is seeking initial duel certification. Teaching experiences in all content areas normally taught in the childhood/special education classrooms with diverse student populations will be provided as well as opportunities for a gradual increase in the teacher candidate’s responsibilities in the classroom. Childhood/Special Education teacher candidates will be under the supervision of certified cooperating teachers, as well as a Molloy University Field Supervisor. Evaluations will be based on field performance. Successful completion of the Pre-Student Teaching experience is required before teacher candidates are permitted to student teach. A sixty hour field experience is required.(Pass/Fail)
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