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period working in an inclusive
elementary classroom with one student
with severe and/or multiple disabilities.
(Offered spring term)
Prerequisites: ED 111, ED 131, ED 181,
ED 320, ED 325, ED 312, ED 388
Co-requisites: ED 411/412, ED 371,
ED 488
ED 484
Student Teaching: Pre-
Kindergarten or Kindergarten
6 credits (CS)
Student Teaching in the Early
Childhood Teacher Education program
is designed to provide candidates with
opportunities to apply their knowledge,
understanding, and skills in a way that
has a positive impact on student
learning. The student teaching
component of the program provides
the candidate with an increased
responsibility for curriculum
development and implementation,
assessment of student learning,
classroom management, collaboration
with other professionals, work with
parents, and all aspects of the
classroom routine. Students will spend
a total of seven weeks in a public
school pre-kindergarten or
kindergarten classroom engaged in
supervised student teaching. Students
will spend approximately 40 hours
weekly on site, which includes a weekly
seminar to support their continued
growth in effectively teaching to the
New York State Student Learning
Standards. (Offered fall term)
Prerequisites: Permission of Program Faculty,
ED 111, ED 131, ED 181, ED 320,
ED 325, ED 350, ED 312, ED 388
Co-requisites: ED 371, ED 411, ED 450
189
ED 488
Student Teaching:
Intermediate Level
6 credits (CS)
Student teaching in the Inclusive
Elementary Education program is
designed to provide candidates
opportunities to apply their knowledge,
understanding, and skills in a way that
has a positive impact on student
learning. The student teaching
component of the program provides
the candidate with an increased
responsibility for curriculum
development and implementation,
assessment of student learning,
classroom management, collaboration
with other professionals, work with
parents, and all aspects of the
classroom routine. Students will spend
a total of seven weeks in an inclusive
intermediate public school classroom
engaged in supervised student teaching.
Students will spend approximately 40
hours weekly on site, which includes a
weekly seminar to support their
continued growth in effectively
teaching to the New York State
Student Learning Standards. (Offered
fall term)
Prerequisites: Permission of Program Faculty,
ED 111, ED 131, ED 181, ED 320,
ED 325, ED 312, ED 350, ED 388
Co-requisites: ED 412, ED 450, ED 371
ED 495
The Reflective Practitioner
(Capstone)
3 credits (CS)
This course will explore a framework
of reflective teaching that is rooted in
ethics, inquiry, and self-study.
Participants will become active students
of their own teaching, as they engage in
a process of constructing the
professional values linked closely with
sound reflective practice. Through the
use of case study analysis and personal