EDUC 440 - Clinical Practice in the Secondary School

(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in a secondary classroom (grades 9-12) for sixty (60) full days. The clinical practitioner works with an Expanded ADEPT certified teacher and university supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The clinical practioner becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated proficiency in the four domains of the South Carolina Teacher Standards identified by the state-mandated Expanded ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to designated or assigned sites. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received. Counts for ELR credit.