Practicum II Requirements 1. Attendance and active participation in weekly on-campus seminars that meet across the entire term. 2. ELE Content Test (#305) must be passed prior to the start of Practicum II. However, a waiver will be allowed if the candidate meets specific criteria. 3. Professional Demeanor : The faculty in Elementary Education is dedicated to preparing skilled, caring future classroom professionals. Teacher candidates must demonstrate behaviors that support their own professional development as well as the high achievement of children in the classroom. These behaviors and dispositions must demonstrate commitment to high academic, professional, and ethical standards which includes wearing appropriate professional attire for school settings. 4. Lesson Planning: Candidates will be expected to plan and teach a minimum of four [4] lessons while in the Practicum II classroom and will be observed while teaching at least two lessons by a university Supervisor. 5. Reflective Journal : The purpose of maintaining a reflective journal is to provide an important record of candidate growth and to give the supervisor a greater understanding of what the candidate is experiencing. The supervisor will discuss his/her expectations regarding the content and format of the journal. Journal prompts are often provided by supervisors. 6. Competency Appraisal: Teacher candidates should be thoroughly familiar with the Competency Appraisal. This documents progress in the important skills of teaching and constitutes an important portion of the grade. In Practicum II and Student Teaching, the teacher candidate/student teacher, university supervisor, and cooperating teacher each fill out an online Competency Appraisal. Competency Appraisals are completed in SONIA. Directions will follow as a means to guide this assessment process. Additionally, word documents of the Competency Appraisals are found in ELE student materials pages: https://nl.edu/national-college-of- education/current- students/program-handbooks-and-materials/ele-materials/ In Practicum II, the Competency Appraisal is filled out at the end of the term. There is a school- based evaluation conference in which the teacher candidate, university supervisor, and cooperating teacher discuss the candidate’s progress. In Student Teaching, Competency Appraisals are completed at both the mid-term and the end-of-term points of the experience. At the end of the term, an ‘exit’ meeting takes place to review the final, end-of-term appraisal, with the candidate, supervisor and cooperating teacher in attendance. 7. Video Recording and Coaching 1 : All Practicum II candidates are required to videotape one lesson aligned with a core teaching practice assigned by the program. The video assignment provides an opportunity for self-reflection for all candidates. Practicum II supervisors will also review and provide feedback regarding the same lesson. Video coaching is designed to offer in- depth support and targeted feedback related to core teaching practices prior to student teaching.
1 If the parents have already signed a school-based video permission form, candidates do not need to collect the NLU video release form from them.
ELE MAT P2/ST Handbook 2025-2026
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