During Education 405, a single student teacher is placed with a School Associate in a practicum classroom for a period of 12 weeks. (Some of this time may involve on-campus/on-site experiences.) A Faculty Associate is assigned to work with the School Associate and student teacher to provide assistance and supervision, so that the student teacher may be helped to achieve the goals of the Professional Development Program.
The following sequence of professional experiences is presented as an example of what may constitute Education 405 experiences.
Weeks 1 - 4: Orientation and Phasing Into Education 405
- Become acquainted with pupils, staff, school, school board
- Observe teaching and planning routines
- Observe curriculum development, instructional strategies, evaluation methods
- Attend on-campus seminars
- Begin short term planning, identification of curriculum goals, instructional strategies, methods of evaluation for classroom work
- Practice use of appropriate teacher-pupil interactions
- Develop a timeline that allows the student teacher to take ever-increasing steps toward full time teaching in immersion
Weeks 5 - 10: Full-time teaching (Immersion)
- Develop and maintain an effective and satisfying learning environment for all learners
- Demonstrate ability to assume the many roles and responsibilities of a practicing teacher with minimum supervision
- Carry out teaching that includes: demonstrating respect for every learner; using effective questioning, communication and interpersonal skills; showing an understanding of the relationship between educational goals and classroom methods; using effective evaluative procedures
- Demonstrate ability to perceive accurately what one is actually doing in the act of teaching
- Evaluate, with critical acumen, one's own teaching performance
- Participate in mid-term evaluation
Weeks 11 - 13 (14): Phase Out
- Complete all assignments
- Begin phase-out; transferring teaching back to School Associate
- Visit other classrooms and schools
- Complete final evaluations
- Formalize closure of the placement
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