Clinical Education

Overview

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The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Education embraces field and clinical experiences to support and enrich the learning that occurs in your coursework. Being in the field means being in local schools with real students to develop your understanding of how to teach the content with discipline-specific practices.

Clinical experiences allow you to demonstrate skills under the guidance and coaching of clinical instructors while studying how to positively impact the learning of the students you teach. In this way, you will be prepared for the dynamic educational environments you can expect to encounter as a professional educator.

Depending on the program, students may have one or more early field experiences plus a final or culminating clinical experience, or internship. A field experience may also be referred to as: a practicum, early field experience, methods course, level one or level two internship, microteach, or pre-internship. A few programs may also refer to a residency in which back-to-back field experiences occur at a single school site.

All students will perform a final internship, generally in your last semester, in which you will be responsible for performing all of the duties of a classroom teacher with the support of multiple clinical in