Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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@SECD 411 - Middle School Science Field Experience


3 Credit(s)

This course provides pre-student teaching field experience in middle school science education. Under the supervision of mentor teachers and a SUNY Potsdam course instructor, students will observe, design and deliver lessons in an assigned public school classroom. Students will spend a minimum of six hours in the public school each week, and meet with the course instructor on campus one hour per week. After two weeks of observations and as approved by the mentor teacher, students will lead small group learning activities in the classroom. After one month and as approved by the mentor teacher, students will teach a minimum of two hours in the classroom each week. Partnership schools are selected with three criteria in mind. 1) Mentor teachers are actively involved in the current school reform movement. 2) Partnership schools include diverse student populations representing multiple ethnic groups and/or include groups that traditionally have been underserved by schools. 3) The school-college partnership is mutually beneficial, enabling the school district to progress in its school improvement plan, and enabling the college to provide students with a special opportunity to apply pedagogical learning in a meaningful context. Given these criteria, by enrolling in this course students are assuming a new level of responsibility in their education. They will be engaged by participating public school teachers in a manner to enhance the education provided to their students. This course is an opportunity to begin, in a small way, assuming responsibility to provide for the educational needs of students in the pre-college classroom.



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