EDSN 694

EDSN 694 - Field Experience in General Education and Special Education, Grades 1-6

Students complete 50 hours of field experience in general education at the grade 1-3 level or the grade 4-6 level. Students also complete 100 hours of field experience in work with children with disabilities at the level not used for general education. (Inclusion classes with strong special education components are acceptable.) All field experience is done in accredited schools with the involvement of appropriately certified supervising or cooperating teachers who submit student evaluation forms at the conclusion of the semester. Students are exposed to evidence-based methods of instruction.

Over the course of the field experience and practicum courses, some work is done in a high-need school or a school serving a high-need community. Students keep time sheets of their hours, maintain logs in which critical incidents are recorded and analyzed, respond to questions about elementary school education, analyze lesson presentations of cooperating teachers observed, and complete two term papers. The course also includes scheduled group meetings. An assigned Touro College faculty member meets with students at their field experience sites and evaluates student work for the course. (Please note: This course must be taken within the first 18 credits of graduate studies.)