SED 495 Stud Tchg Seminar ECE/SpEd

Student Teaching Seminar in Early Childhood Special Education (2 credits)This is a required course for all Inclusive Early Childhood Education majors who are enrolled in SED 494 for student teaching. The seminar deals with issues relevant to the teaching profession. Topics are selected to support and complement the student teaching experience. It is a pass/fail course, which allows opportunities for the teacher candidate to come together with colleagues and the instructor to discuss issues that relate to teaching as a profession, in general, as well as those that relate to individual classroom situations. This course gives prospective teachers an opportunity to reflect critically on the profession and their role in the classroom, to explore alternatives, to consider consequences (intended and unintended) of various classroom actions, and to begin to assume responsibility for their own continuing professional development. Teacher candidates are responsible for maintaining a reflective journal and completing an Instructional Plan/Assessment Project with a pupil with disabilities during their student teaching experience. Co-requisite: SED 494 and IEC 490. Only open to candidates who have met all prerequisites and requirements for student teaching (SED 494). Spring. (2 credits)