Teaching as a Profession Practicum-Fall 2017 (Section 1st B)
- Instructor
- Mrs. Doris Carson
- Department
- Career Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE)
- Terms
- 2017 - 2018 School Year
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Course Description
The practicum offers a candidate in the Teaching as a Profession career pathway a field experience under the direct supervision of a certified teacher (mentor teacher). The practicum stresses observing, analyzing and classifying activities of the mentor teacher and comparing personal traits with those of successful teachers. The candidate intern will develop a portfolio of their skills, plan and teach a lesson or lessons, understand and practice confidentiality as it pertains to the teaching profession, meet the needs of students with special needs, maintain the safety of the students, practice professionalism, and demonstrate ethical behavior.
Mastery of standards through project based learning, technical skills practice, and leadership development activities of the career and technical student organization Future Educators of America (F.E.A.) now Educator Rising (E.R.) or Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (F.C.C.L.A.) will provide students with a competitive edge for either entry into the education global marketplace and/or the post-secondary institution of their choice to continue their education and training.