Field experiences accompany some courses and provide students with increasing amounts of responsibility in school settings. They prepare you for full-time student teaching, bridge gaps between teacher preparation and practice, and help you form lasting networks.
You'll gain experience along side practicing professionals eager to share their expertise with future educators. They understand our conceptual framework to help your field experiences compliment your on-campus experience.
A variety of schools and grade levels are available throughout the program including placements in urban, suburban, and rural school corporations.
Elementary courses
Course
Experience
Hours
EDUC-M 300 Service Learning
Service learning—not in K-12 setting
25
EDUC-M 201 taken w/ EDUC-P 250 Educational Psychology
20-25 hours in regular classroom; 5-10 in special education classroom
30
EDUC-F 203
Observation of teaching and assessment techniques at participating school
20
EDUC-M 301 Science
15 hours working with partnership school classroom teacher plus 3 outside of classroom experiences
30
EDUC-M 301 Math
At a partnership school working with the classroom teacher
30
EDUC-M 301 Reading I/ Language Arts
At a partnership school working with the classroom teacher
40
EDUC-M 401 Elementary taken w/Social Studies & Reading II Methods
At a partnership school; teach a minimum of 8 lessons
100
Secondary courses
Course
Experience
Hours
EDUC-M 300 Service Learning
Service learning—not in K-12 setting
25
EDUC-M 201 taken w/ EDUC-P 250 Educational Psychology
20-25 hours in regular classroom; 5-10 in special education classroom
30
EDUC-M 401 Secondary
At a partnership school; teach a minimum of 8 lessons
325
Finally, you'll get to experience the final and most intensive field experience:
Before you request your field placement, think about where you would like to do your student teaching. Other field experiences should not be at the same location as your desired location for student teaching.
