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III. First Steps down the Path

The following section contains a chart that briefly outlines the “core” courses – that is, the courses all students are required to successfully complete during their freshman and sophomore years. The chart includes an overview of the courses as well as the field experiences associated with the course.

Year	Primary Education Courses	Associated Field Experiences	Unique Aspects and Notes
Freshman Year	Education 100 Course provides understanding of the philosophic and historic bases of education in America and how contemporary education has evolved and changed; provides grounding for the “who I will be as a teacher.”	No outside field experience; speakers from local schools	Course is taught by professors with rich and varied experiences as teachers in contemporary schools.
Freshman Year	Education 200 Course provides understanding of teachers’ professional lives and challenges. Helps answer the question “What is it like to be a teacher and how difficult is it?”	9-10 Weeks in local elementary and/or middle schools	Students are placed with experienced teachers in diverse, multicultural settings.
Sophomore Year	Education 320 First “skills” course; includes such topics as lesson and unit planning, curriculum development, classroom management. Special Education students begin internship placements	Lessons planned and developed in course are taught by interns in local schools while 320 students observe.	Very heavy workload with many assignments.
Sophomore Year	Education 322 Skills-based course focused on teaching all students, regardless of condition, status, ability, or culture.	Lessons planned and developed for interns to teach in diverse local school setting.	Heavy use of technology skills and applications.
Junior Year	Junior Internship “Block” Courses **	Elementary teaching internships – placements in local elementary schools, 4 days a week. Students MUST schedule carefully to leave time for placements. Secondary teaching internships – placements in local middle and high schools, 4 days a week – students must leave certain portions of schedule “open” to accommodate internship. Special Education Internships: students must schedule coursework around field experiences.	Prior to beginning these internships, candidates are required to obtain an Indiana Substitute Teacher License.
Senior Year	Student Teaching	16 Weeks, full time teaching

** Note: All students enrolled in junior-level seminar/internship courses must attain a grade of B or higher in order to move forward in the program.