EDUC 5250 Clinical Practice II

The Clinical Practice 2 is the second part of teacher candidates’ yearlong school based residency. The Clinical Practice 2 Internship is a full semester teaching experience in an urban or sub-urban school setting. The Clinical Practice and accompanying seminar are designed to apply learning about professional knowledge, humanistic practices and reflective thinking to classroom situations on a full-time ( 4 days per week) basis for one semester. Teacher candidates are observed a minimum of eight times by a clinical supervisor (university professor) who regularly reviews student journals and meets with students to review lesson planning and provide support. Teacher candidates work in a classroom (s) that is appropriate for his/her certification and will demonstrate the ability to plan, instruct, assess and reflect using content and skills from all pre-requisite courses.A seminar, which meets for eight, two-hour sessions, accompanies the clinical experience and has three goals: 1) discussion and reflection of current issues and students’ teaching experiences, while brainstorming solutions to classroom problems; 2) creation of a portfolio; for K-6, students link artifacts to the eleven New Jersey Teaching Standards and are guided in writing reflective statements for each standard; the Seminar instructor evaluates and provides feedback on each portfolio using a rubric; and 3) career development information is also made available (e.g., resume writing, interviewing skills, organizing credential files). Students will be charged additional Student Teaching Fee. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the K-6 Master of Arts in Teaching program; successful completion of CMAT 5100 , CMAT 5310, CMAT 5070 , CMAT 5320 ,CMAT 5330 ,CMAT 6220, EDUC 5170 Co-requisite(s): CMAT 5340, CMAT 5290
Credits: 3.00