Secondary education
T&L 317
The Secondary Practicum and Seminar, T&L 317, provides classroom experiences for individuals considering education as a career. This classroom experience provides:
- A practical, hands-on experience in the classroom that an individual may use as a frame of reference for the T&L methods classes at WSU
- Allows for reflection on whether an individual truly is interested in becoming a teacher and what grade levels or subjects they may feel are most appropriate for them
- Provides an opportunity for an individual to assess their natural teaching skills
T&L 469
The Advanced Field Experience, T&L 469, provides preservice teachers with an opportunity to work in a 6-12 classroom the semester before student teaching. This classroom experience provides preservice teachers with the opportunity to:
- Assist the teacher in developing curriculum.
- Assist in organizing the classroom for various activities.
- Assist students with learning activities.
- Develop and teach some of their own lessons.
- Apply and refine the concepts and theories learned in education courses within a 6-12 classroom.
- Develop a greater sense of how understanding learners, understanding teaching, and understanding learning work together in the classroom .
- Understand how national and state standards (EALRS) are applied to teaching and learning in the classroom.
- Apply their content area knowledge through teaching in the classroom.
- Assess and document their own ability to positively impact student learning and well-being.
- Further develop a sense of who they are as potential teachers and how they would like to mentor, teach, and manage students.
- Explore the assessment process that will be used to evaluate their student teaching performance (PPA)
T&L 317/469 contact:
Gerald W. Morse, Instructor
Room 314, Cleveland Hall
509-335-0925 (office)
509-334-2228 (home)
morse@wsu.edu
