MUSC 468 - Elementary & Secondary Student Teaching

12 Credits

(Fall, Spring)
Prerequisite(s): Senior Level Standing in Music Teacher Education, completion of all methods courses and Praxis II. In this course the student participates in all of the activities of the teacher in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. Beginning with a period of observation and orientation, the student receives assignments of increasing difficulty from the cooperating teacher until he/she is capable of assuming full responsibility for teaching. The semester is divided into an eight-week assignment in the intermediate and an eight-week assignment in the primary grades. The practical experience is accompanied by a regularly scheduled seminar. The student teacher follows the entire schedule of the school at which the student is placed.