EDUC 481 Secondary Student Teaching Part III

Full-time practicum designed to provide extended field experience in a designated secondary discipline-specific classroom. The candidates must spend a minimum of 450 hours in supervised field experience over the course of their student teaching experience. Student-teacher placement is done in cooperation with school districts/principals and, because it is a shared decision, placements is not guaranteed. Placement decisions are based on the applicant's academic preparation, interpersonal relationship abilities, classroom management skills, and other factors outlined in Minimum Competencies for Teacher Candidates, available from the School of Education and Psychology. Prerequisites: EDUC 395, EDUC 396, or methods course(s) 395 of major(s), EDUC 450, departmental permission, and must take the West-E/NES. Corequisites: EDUC 461, EDUC 471. Graded S or NC. *Elementary Education majors completing a secondary content major and/or 45+ credits in a secondary endorsement area who want secondary certification will need to complete secondary certification required courses along with 1-5 credits hours of secondary student teaching and the current Washington State assessment tool(s).

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School of Education and Psychology