EDUC 5170 Clinical Practice I

The Clinical Practice 1 Internship is a full semester teaching experience in an urban or sub-urban school setting. The internship is designed to apply learnings about professional knowledge, humanistic practices and reflective thinking to classroom situations three days per week for one semester. Teacher candidates are observed a minimum of four times by a clinical supervisor (university professor) who regularly reviews student journals. 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.

The seminar is provided to K-6 MAT candidates during their Clinical Practice 1 Internship. In addition to augmenting university coursework, this seminar affords candidates the added support and assistance during their ongoing clinical experience. Seminar sessions are held face to face and online using Blackboard technology. K-6 MAT candidates work with an experienced teacher in their clinical placement to develop professional knowledge, including identifying and meeting major goals in assessment, instruction, reflection and classroom management skills. Teacher candidates also implement their EdTPA assessment which they have developed during the semester. During campus based and online sessions, teacher candidates discuss classroom issues such as the context for learning, student factors, characteristics of students with whom they work, selecting learning segments, assessing student learning, and reflecting on the teaching-learning continuum. Prerequisite(s): CMAT 5100 , CMAT 5070 and Enrollment in the K-6 MAT program
Credits: 3.0