SEE 495 SpecEd/Child Ed Student Tchg

This course is a culminating field experience required of all candidates in the SEED program. The candidate will spend 41/2 full days each week in an elementary school. Candidates will be placed with both a special education teacher and a general education teacher in grades 1-6 during the semester in two of the following three options for a minimum of 6 weeks in each setting: inclusive education, special education, elementary education. The candidate will observe, participate, teach, and assume responsibility within the classroom, under the guidance of the cooperating teachers and College personnel. The candidate is responsible for developing and implementing a service learning project during the student teaching experience as part of the unit plan requirement.Prerequisites: SED 146, SED 347, SEE 249, SEE 245, SEE 385, SEE 386, SEE 360, SEE 380, CSD 235, EPY 244, EPY 350, EDU 300; all required field experiences; a substance abuse workshop; HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases, and safety workshop; the child abuse and abduction workshop; the violence prevention workshop; and final approval of the application by the program faculty. Students must register for SEE 485 and SEE 486 concurrently. Applicants for student teaching must attend an application meeting early in the semester prior to the student teaching semester. Applications for student teaching must be submitted by February 1 for a Fall semester placement and by October 1 for a Spring semester placement Fall, Spring