Core Assignments for PreK-4 Professional Semester
EEU 301 - FUNDAMENTALS OF READING INSTRUCTION II
The teacher candidate will plan and implement one reading comprehension lesson appropriate to the grade level and in accordance with district curriculum. The teacher candidate will use prescribed reading comprehension lesson design.
EEU 303 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
The teacher candidate will develop and teach an integrated language arts lesson. Evaluation strategies appropriate to the grade level are to be used and the teacher candidate will submit an analysis and reflection.
EEU 304 - TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN PRE K-4
The teacher candidate will develop and teach one integrated social studies lesson appropriate to the district curriculum and grade level.
EEU 306 - INTEGRATING PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
The teacher candidate is required to demonstrate competence in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction. This competence will be judged by the Professional Semester faculty based on formal and informal observations, as well as feedback from the cooperating teacher. The Professional Semester faculty and the cooperating teacher will independently complete formal lesson observations and final evaluation forms. The teacher candidate will complete a self-evaluation form.
Please Note : The due date listed above does not apply to final evaluation forms. It is the teacher candidate's responsibility to be certain that the following forms are submitted by no later than the date of the exit conference held during final exam week: formal observation by cooperating teacher (lesson plan attached), formal observation by a university faculty member (lesson plan attached), final evaluation form completed by the cooperating teacher, and self-evaluation form completed by the teacher candidate. The Professional Semester faculty's final evaluation form may be completed during the exit conference.
EEU 309 - TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN GRADES 2-4
The teacher candidate will develop and teach two or three lessons in a strand of mathematics appropriate to the grade level assigned. The teacher candidate will develop an appropriate assessment activity or rubric, collect data and analysis of lessons in terms of student performance, and submit analysis of data to the instructor for review.