Grades K-3 Student Teaching

Student Teaching in Early Childhood Classrooms

The student teacher will:

• observe and reflect with the intent to improve practice.
• use child guidance strategies to effectively support children's learning.
• assume the role of lead teacher for a portion of the student teaching expereince as they design lessons, provide instruction, and implement appropriate assessments.
• apply knowledge from various content courses as they relate to teaching in an early childhood classroom.
• apply knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices to support children's development and learning.
• provide learning experiences that meet students' diverse cogntive styles, cultural backgrounds, and linguistic diveristy.
• demonstrate appropriate professional behaviors and dispositions (e.g., dress and grooming, attendance and punctuality, positive interactions with mentors, peers, parents, and children, and commitment to the profession).
• create a Teacher Work Sample that measures their skills in using contextual factors, planning, assessment, lesson design, interpretation of student performance, and reflection.