EDE 4942 INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE PRACTICUM 1 credits

Topic #1 Prerequisites: EDF 3214, RED 3309 and admission to Elementary Education with Reading BS, Exceptional Student Education with Reading BS, Elementary Education BS, or Exceptional Student Education BS. Corequisite: EDE 4226. OR Topic #2: Prerequisite: Admission to Elementary Education EPI or Exceptional Education EPI. 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.

EDE 4942 / Topic #2: Literacy Field Experience EPI

Prerequisite: Admission to Elementary Education EPI or Exceptional Education EPI. Corequisite: EDE 4226. This course is designed to give practical experience to certification candidates through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Candidates work directly with elementary level classroom teachers and have an opportunity to teach both large and small group activities, particularly literacy activities. This course also allows certification candidates to develop competencies relative to program planning instruction, daily schedule, record keeping, evaluation, classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. 17 contact hours.