EDU 5483 Pre-Student Teaching Early Childhood/Childhood Field Experience, Nursery, PK, Kindergarten, Grades 1-6 (30 Hrs Nursery-3, 30 Hrs 3-6, 6 Seminars, 2 Placements)
The Pre-Student Teaching field experience must be completed the semester PRIOR to Student Teaching. This field experience will provide teacher candidates with observations and supervised experiences in a classroom in the specific area of early childhood nursery, Pre-K, kindergarten, grades 1-6 for which the teacher candidate is seeking initial dual certification. Teaching experiences in all content areas normally taught in the early childhood/childhood classrooms with diverse student populations will be provided as well as opportunities for a gradual increase in the teacher candidate’s responsibilities in the classroom. Early childhood/childhood teacher candidates will be under the supervision of certified cooperating teachers, as well as a Molloy University Field Supervisor. Evaluations will be based on field performance. Successful completion of the Pre-Student Teaching experience is required before teacher candidates are permitted to student teach. A sixty hour field experience is required. (Pass/Fail)
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