EDUC 5171 Internship and Seminar for Elementary Education

This course provides a seminar and supervision for alternate route elementary teachers of record completing the Elementary MAT degree. Supervision and seminars are designed to assist the alternate route candidate in applying professional knowledge, humanistic practices and reflective thinking to classroom situations. Candidates are observed a minimum of four times by a Clinical Supervisor (university professor) who assists them in developing professional knowledge, including the ability to plan, instruct, assess and reflect on practice using content and skills from all prerequisite courses. Candidates also begin work on their edTPA performance assessment, required for licensure in New Jersey. The seminars, held face-to-face and online, provide additional support and assistance during the first year of teaching and afford time for discussion of classroom issues such as the context for learning, student factors, characteristics of students, selecting learning segments, assessing student learning, and reflecting on the teaching-learning continuum.

Acceptance into Elementary Education MAT program.

Prerequisite(s): CMAT 5100 ,CMAT 5070 ,CMAT 5310 and submission of a Clinical Practice I Application. Co-requisite(s): CMAT 5320 ,CMAT 5330
Credits: 3.0