DESCRIPTION OF PRE-STUDENT The Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience is a three hour, ten-week field placement in a carefully selected classroom with a high quality Cooperating Teacher. It is conducted under the general supervision of the Education Field Coordinator. The Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience involves classroom observation and analyses of best practices, including, teaching lessons and assisting with classroom management. The Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience serves as the laboratory for planning standards-based curriculum, differentiating instruction through a variety of instructional strategies that meet diverse learners’ needs, learning about classroom management, and using alternative assessments. The Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience involves collaborative supervision by the Cooperating Teacher and the University Supervisor. The Pre-Student Teaching is a component of EDUC 320: Professional Studies in Instruction that meets for three hours, one night a week for the term. The instructor of that seminar works collaboratively with the University Supervisor to align the performance outcomes of the seminar with the Pre-Student Teaching objectives. OBJECTIVES OF THE PRE-STUDENT TEACHING FIELD EXPERIENCE 1. To provide an opportunity for the student to observe and a model teacher and to work collaboratively with other field placement university students in the same classroom. 2. To become familiar through observation and participation with various aspects of the functioning of a classroom. 3. To provide students with interpersonal experiences. 4. To provide students with lesson planning skills, small group instruction and regular classroom teaching.
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