Learning to teach is an intricate, painstaking, time consuming task. There are no easy shortcuts. Like all acts of performance, one learns to teach by teaching. To facilitate this process you will be assigned to an educational situation where you will have adequate opportunity to teach under the guidance of a master teacher. This person was selected because of his or her professional competence and a desire to work with prospective teachers.


Field experiences should be thought of as a time to study teaching as well as practice teaching. It is a time to put untried ideas to the test in a variety of real situations and to evaluate the results. The factors of: what to teach, how to teach it, and why teach it, are equally important and inseparable in the teaching process. You should reflect on these continually as you carry out your teaching assignments. The teacher education program of study is designed to offer a continuously expanding experience with these factors under the guidance of an experienced teacher. Taking full opportunity of these experiences will guide you as you journey to becoming a “competent, caring teacher” who will make a difference in the lives of children.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Field Experience Overview

A few things about your field experience:
  • Three of you are enrolled in EDU 298 during the final semester of your AAS degree.
  • Seven of you are enrolled in EDU 348 - at the same time as some of your "methods" courses.
  • We will meet every Tuesday at 3 PM in this location (ED B03) for one hour.
  • You will not be required to purchase a text for this course but you will need a 1" binder.
  • We will cover a different topic every class period. If you miss a class, you will not be able to make it up - so attendance is important.
  • The EDU 298 people will be required to submit a weekly email reflection to me. It is due each week to me on or before 5 PM on Fridays of the same week.
  • The EDU 348 people will NOT be required to submit a weekly email reflection to me because you will be journaling for your methods courses instructors (Brenda, Theresa & Randy). You will also be reporting to Leah and Colette by completing assignments during your field experiences for their courses.
  • EDU 348 WILL be required to submit the number of field experience hours you completed each week to me on or before 5 PM on Fridays of the same week.  
  • I have requested field placements for you. When I get a placement confirmed, I will contact you via email for "next steps".
  • The syllabus for this course, or courses, will be available at my.uttc.edu within the week.
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