EDU554 Clinical Field Experience (0-3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): It is expected that this course be taken the semester prior to student teaching. It may be taken in the same semester as other coursework. 
Students work under a cooperating teacher in an area school for a significant field experience. Pre-service students are placed at a grade level within the licensure area and at the opposite level of where student teaching will take place. The field experience allows the pre-service student to apply the knowledge obtained in coursework to real life experience in the classroom setting, connecting theory, research, and practice. The experience helps to increase the pre-service student’s understanding of student learning, teaching practice and professionalism through observation, conversation, and participation. This field experience gives the pre-service teacher the experience necessary to develop as a thoughtful, confident, and knowledgeable educator before entering into the student teaching experience. This experience completes the 100 hours required by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board prior to student teaching.