Prerequisites: Successful completion of all Elementary Education BS program requirements and passing of all sections of the General Knowledge and Professional Education Exam. This course requires a teacher candidate to demonstrate competency on the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs) at the pre-professional level during one semester of full time internship in a K-6 school setting as approved by the College of Education. Teacher candidates must assume full-day teaching duties for a minimum of six weeks during the fifteen week internship. The internship also includes mandatory on-campus seminars. Contact hours: a minimum of 35 hours per week for 15 weeks.

Prerequisites: Admission to Elementary Education with Infused ESOL and Reading (K-6) BS, and EDF 3214, and RED 3309 Corequisite: EDE 4226     OR

Admission to Exceptional Student Education with Infused ESOL and Reading (K-12) BS, and EDF 3214, and RED 3309. Corequisite: EDE 4226

Topic #2:

Admission to Elementary Education EPI, or Admission to Exceptional Education EPI and Corequisite: EDE 4226.

This course is designed to give practical experience to students through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Students work directly with elementary classroom teachers and have an opportunity to teach both large and small group activities, particularly children’s literature, language arts and social science. This course is designed to develop competencies relative to program planning instruction, daily schedule, record keeping, evaluation, classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. Students spend a minimum of sixty (60) school-based hours in the elementary classroom or a setting pre-approved by faculty member teaching the course. 17 contact hours.

Topic #1 Prerequisite: (EDG 3620 or EEX 3241) and EDF 3214 and admission to Elementary Education with Infused ESOL and Reading BS, Exceptional Student Education with Infused ESOL and Reading BS. Corequisites: EDE 4304 and EDE 4314.

OR Topic #2 Prerequisite: Admission to Elementary Education EPI or Exceptional Education EPI. Corequisite: EDE 4304.

This course is designed to give practical experience to students through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Students work directly with elementary classroom teachers and have an opportunity to teach both large and small group activities, particularly Math and Science. This course is designed to develop competencies relative to program planning, instruction, daily scheduling, record keeping, evaluation, and classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. Students spend a minimum of sixty (60) school-based hours (SBH) in the elementary classroom. 15 contact hours.

EDE 4943 / Topic #2 Integrated Mathematics and Science Elementary (K-6) Field Experience: EPI 1 credit

Prerequisite: Admission to the Elementary Education EPI or Exceptional Student Education EPI. Corequisite: EDE 4304. This course is designed to give practical experience to students through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Students work directly with elementary classroom teachers and have an opportunity to teach both large and small group activities, particularly Math and Science. This course is designed to develop competencies relative to program planning, instruction, daily scheduling, record keeping, evaluation, classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. 15 contact hours.

This course is designed to give practical experience in public school classrooms to teacher candidates. Candidates work directly with classroom teachers in the field where they wish to become certified. Through a coaching model, the candidates will develop competencies relating to instruction, evaluation, classroom management, professional behaviors, and teacher ethics. Students spend a minimum of sixty (60) school-based hours (SBH) in the classroom in the area of certification. 45 contact hours.

Prerequisites: Admission to Educator Preparation Institute (EPI-CT) program, and EDF 4944, Corequisite: EDF 4930. This course requires a teacher candidate to demonstrate competency on four Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs) at the pre-professional level during eight weeks of full day internship in a Prekindergarten through twelfth grade (P-12) setting. Contact hours: 35 hours per week for 8 weeks.

Prerequisites: Admission to Educational Studies - Preschool Education (Birth To Age 4) Subplan BS, and EEC 3204, or admission to Prekindergarten/Primary Education (age 3 through grade 3) with Infused ESOL and Reading, and EEC 3204. Corequisite: EEC 4210. This course is designed to provide field experiences and support related to the early childhood education courses in which the student is concurrently enrolled. The practicum focuses on language arts and emergent literacy, providing activities to stimulate language acquisition and reading readiness through dramatic play and a print- rich environment. Content builds upon generic competencies studied in education and emphasizes the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPS) at the pre-professional level. This course will enable the student to demonstrate knowledge of developmentally appropriate curriculum and environment for young children. Field work required will provide first-hand experience implementing course work in a public school setting. This experience will be monitored by a representative from the College of Education. The practicum also includes a series of mandatory professional leadership seminars. Contact hours: 15, with a minimum of 4 hours per week of field based experience, for a total of 60 field based hours per semester.

Prerequisite: EEC 3204 and Admission to the Educational Studies Program. Corequisite: EEC 4227. This course is designed to provide field experiences and support related to the early childhood education courses in which the student is concurrently enrolled. The practicum focuses on language arts and emergent literacy, providing activities to stimulate language acquisition and reading readiness through dramatic play and a print-rich environment. This course will enable the student to demonstrate knowledge of developmentally appropriate curriculum and environments for young children. Field work required will provide first-hand experience implementing course work in a licensed early childhood setting. The practicum also includes a series of mandatory professional leadership seminars. Contact hours: 15, with a minimum of 4 field-based hours per week for a total of 60 field-based hours per semester

Prerequisites: Admission to the Educational Studies BS program (Prekindergarten/Primary Education Studies Track) OR Admission to Prekindergarten/Primary Education (age 3 through grade 3) with Infused ESOL and Reading BS, and successful completion of all program requirements, and permission of the Baccalaureate Specialist. This course requires students to demonstrate competency on the twelve Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs) and the five Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation from National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) at the pre-professional level. Students are required to complete an internship based on their program of study as described below:

Topic 1: Contact hours: a minimum of 12 hours per week for thirteen weeks in a licensed childhood center or a public school setting.

Topic 2: Contact hours: a minimum of 35 hours per week for fifteen weeks in a public school setting.