ECE 580 Practicum II Requirements 1. Attendance and active participation in weekly on-campus seminars that meet across the entire term. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 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. Word documents of the Competency Appraisals are found on the ECE Student Materials page: https://nl.edu/national-college-of-education/current- students/program-handbooks-and-materials/ece-materials/. 5. 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. The teacher candidate collects the signed, hard copies of the Competency Appraisals and turns them into the seminar leader. As an alternative, a saved PDF of the completed competency appraisal may be collected. 6. Video Recording and Coaching : Practicum II candidates are required to tape a lesson of their own choosing. The video provides an opportunity for self-reflection for all candidates. Video coaching is designed to offer in-depth support and targeted feedback related to core teaching practices prior to student teaching. We will be using GoReact to record/upload videos. Information regarding this video platform is in our D2L (Desire to Learn) course shell. Practicum II - Supervision 1. Practicum II Introductory Meeting: This is an introductory visit that should take place during the first two weeks of the term with the teacher candidate, Cooperating teacher, and university
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