SPED389 Student Teaching (3 cr.)

Approved coursework and approval of program staff and SPED388

The field experience is a supervised, structured teaching experience in a school setting with learners with emotional/behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and/or learners on the autism spectrum. School placements vary based on program setting (co-teaching, inclusion, resource, self-contained). Learners complete a minimum of 15 weeks in two settings: one twelve-week session and one three week session. The field experience consists of placements in two of the following grade levels (depending on grade level of experience in SPED688): elementary, middle/junior high school, and high school/transition.