Course: SED 554. Early Field Experience for the Single Subject Credential (4)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Single Subject Credential Program; Clearance by the Credential Office. Corequisite: SED 554 must be taken concurrently with SED 554S.
Pre/Corequisites for Traditional, FYI, JYI, and ACT Programs: EPC 420, SED 511, and one of the following: SED 525, SED 525A, SED 525D, SED 525EN, SED 525HS, SED 525MA/L, SED 525MU, SED 525PE, SED 525S/L, SED 525SS or SED 525WL.
Additional Corequisites for ACT Program only: ELPS 541A, SPED 541B.
Pre/Corequisites for Dual Preliminary Single Subject/Education Specialist Program: EPC 420, SPED 403MME, SED 521, SPED 511, SPED 420, and one of the following: SED 525A, SED 525D, SED 525EN, SED 525MA/L, SED 525MU, SED 525S/L, SED 525SS, SED 525WL.
Designed as the introductory field experience for candidates pursuing the Single Subject Teaching Credential in the Traditional, Accelerated Collaborative Teacher (ACT), Four-Year Integrated (FYI-English or FYI-Math) or Junior-Year Entry Integrated (JYI-English or JYI-Math) Programs. The candidate is assigned to a middle school or high school site for one class period (or the time equivalent) plus conference time daily for a school’s semester or track to complete specific activities, moving from structured observations, to tutoring small groups, to gradually assuming responsibility for planning, teaching, and pupil assessment, under the direction and guidance of a qualified on-site mentor teacher. A designated member of the university faculty supervises the candidate’s assignment. During the supervised field experience sequence of SED 554 and SED 555, each teacher candidate participates in two or more subject-specific teaching assignments, usually at the middle-school and high-school levels, and has experiences teaching English learners and in diverse settings.
All students in SED 554 meet weekly in a required seminar led by a university faculty member that addresses early field experience or Internship issues and the preliminary Teacher Performance Assessment. (Credit/No Credit only)