Course: EED 567ACT. Supervised Clinical Practice (8)
Prerequisite: Admission to the ACT Preparation Program. Corequisites: EED 500 (or EPC 500) or (EPC 315 may be substituted for EED 500 or EPC 500 only if completed previously as an undergraduate student), EED 515, EED 520, EED 559C, EED 565M, EED 577; ELPS 541A; SPED 541B. Restricted to candidates admitted to the Accelerated Collaborative Teacher Preparation Program and offered in the Fall Semester only. EED 567ACT is the first Clinical Practice experience for Multiple Subject Credential candidates enrolled in the ACT pathway where candidates are placed with an exemplary mentor teacher for 20 hours of early clinical practice experience plus 10 weeks of supervised student teaching (approximately 245 total hours of clinical practice). Student teachers plan and teach lessons in reading and language arts, English language development (ELD) and mathematics, while refining their classroom management skills. Student teachers move toward mastery of the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) and rehearse the state-mandated Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA). (Credit/No Credit only)