SED 494 Stud Tchg ECE/SpEd Bir-Pre Sch

The teacher candidate will teach in a special education or inclusive education setting at the preschool level as a special education professional. This course is a culminating field experience required of all teacher candidates in the Inclusive Early Childhood Education Birth-Grade 2 program. The candidate will observe, participate, teach, and assume responsibility within the classroom, under the guidance of the cooperating teachers and College personnel. It is expected that teacher candidates will complete an Instructional Plan/Assessment Project with a pupil with disabilities during their student teaching experience. Prerequisites: education coursework and additional requirements for student teaching including all required field experiences; a substance abuse workshop; HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases, and safety workshop; the child abuse and abduction workshop, the Dignity for All students workshop; the violence prevention workshop; and final approval of the application by the program faculty. Students must register for SED 495 and IEC 490 concurrently. Applicants for student teaching must attend an application meeting early in the semester prior to the student teaching semester. Program prerequisites: IEC 230, IEC 146, EPY 245, CSD 235, IEC 231, IEC 253, IEC 350, EPY 350, SED 366, SED 340, IEC 360 and IEC 385. 10 weeks Spring.

Credits

5