ELE 470B Elementary Education Student Teaching Seminar

Students engage in a weekly seminar that is required for all student teachers. This seminar includes creating a Professional ePortfolio, reflecting on the art and process of teaching, and exploring resources that support novice and developing teachers. Successful completion of this this experience is based on the demonstration of a wide variety of competencies including collaboration with peers, reflective practice, and the successful completion of a Professional ePortfolio. The ePortfolio includes artifacts such as resume and cover letter, teaching philosophy, lesson plans, reflections and other demonstrations of teaching proficiency. This course is the culmination of the full teacher preparation program, and provides opportunities for teacher candidates to synthesize their learning into actionable and demonstrated skills and behaviors. NOTE: Ten weeks of full-day student teaching is required for this course. Pre-requisite(s): EDU 299, EDU 350, ECE 334, EDU 477, EDU 480, EDU 483, and EDU 420. Co-requisite(s): ELE 470A. 5 quarter hours