What is fieldwork?
At Dominican, all students in the education major begin fieldwork placements in their freshman year, where they get to observe a teacher in a classroom. This allows us to build a wide range of teaching skills throughout our years in college, to bring into our student teaching and future classrooms. I believe this opportunity allows us as future teachers to grow and understand different techniques for different grade levels. We can observe many teachers and gain knowledge and skills from them. Often we are granted opportunities to work with small groups and individual work with students. We are exposed to a classroom environment for the benefit of our future students and classrooms.