Tap 3: Teaching as a Profession Practicum
The practicum offers a candidate in the Teaching as a Profession career pathway a field experience under the direct supervision of a certified teacher (mentor teacher). The practicum stresses observing, analyzing and classifying activities of the mentor teacher and comparing personal traits with those of successful teachers. The candidate intern will develop a portfolio of their skills, plan and teach a lesson or lessons, understand and practice confidentiality as it pertains to the teaching profession, meet the needs of students with special needs, maintain the safety of the students, practice professionalism, and demonstrate ethical behavior.
Lab is completed three days a week at the Elementary, Middle, or High School. Students will be assigned a lab teacher and they will work with them for their semester and complete lesson plans, classroom activities, and other duties assigned by their lab teachers.