Name: Hilda A Pettit
Submission
Date:
4/3/2013
Organization: Vacca Office of Student Services
Course Catalog Update
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Course Catalog Update Information:
Reference Number:
Level: 2.00
of 2.00
CCU005590 Date: 21-MAR-13
Currently On The Worklist Of:
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services , 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559 , curriculum@kent.edu
Joanne Arhar ,
STU0004 jarhar
Basic Course Data
Change type: Revise
Faculty member submitting this proposal: Elizabeth W. Brooks
Requested Effective Term: 201480
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: TLC-Teaching Learning and Curriculum Studies
Course Subject: MCED-Middle Childhood Education
New Course Subject:
Course Number: 42358
New Course Number:
Course Title: STUDENT TEACHING IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Title Abbreviation: STUDENT TEACHING IN MCED
Slash Course and Cross-list Information: MCED42358 + MCED52358
Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 9 to 9
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 40 to 40
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: No
If yes, course attributes: 1. 2. 3.
Can this course be repeated for credit: No
Repeat
Course Limit: OR Maximum Hours:
Course Level: Undergraduate Grade Rule: G-Satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U)-in progress (IP)
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable): It is sometimes necessary to extend student teaching beyond the end of the semester.
Schedule Type(s): 1. PRA-Practicum or Internship 2. 3.
Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description: Full-time student teaching for twelve weeks in two selected concentrations (mathematics, science, language arts, social studies) and reading in grades 4-5 or grades 6-7-8. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school/agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching/ internship will take place. Prerequisite: MCED 41000 and MCED 40007 and admission to advanced study; and Official valid certification of Child Safety Training, approved Basic Life Support and
A.L.I.C.E. Training must be presented to the campus office of clinical experience or designated faculty/staff at Regional campuses as prerequisite for student teaching.
Catalog Description (edited): Full-time student teaching for sixteen weeks in two selected concentrations (mathematics, science, language arts, social studies) and reading in grades 4-5 or grades 6-7-8. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student teaching internship will take place. Prerequisite: MCED 41000 and MCED 40007 and admission to advanced study; and
Official valid certification of Child Safety Training, approved Basic Life Support and A.L.I.C.E. Training must be presented to

the campus office of clinical experience or designated faculty-staff at Regional campuses as prerequisite for student teaching.
Prerequisites (edited): no change
Corequisites (edited): MCED 49525
Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
Content Outline:
Content Hours per Course
Topic
Topic Description
640
Full-time student teaching for sixteen weeks in two concentrations and reading. Setting: grades 4-9. Students will develop unit and lesson plans, assess their own teaching and student learning.
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Total Contact Hours: 640
Textbook(s) used in this course: None
Writing Expectations: At the undergraduate level: lesson plans, critiques, preparation for Teacher Performance
Assessment.
Instructor(s) expected to teach: James Knapp
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Dr. Elizabeth W. Brooks
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
The purpose of this proposal is to increase the number of weeks in student teaching from twelve to sixteen. This alteration was made in order to allow our students are more extended student teaching experience and to better prepare them for the various assessments required for licensure. Changes were made to the contact hours, course description, and content to reflect this increase. A corequisite was added to ensure that students register for the required seminar course during the same semester. Writing expectations and instructor information were updated.
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
The sole effect is in the number of weeks students are in their practicum setting.
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
There is no impact
Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
There is no change.
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
None
Revisions made to form (if applicable):
Course Content
Credit by Exam
Credit Hours
Cross Listed / Slash
Schedule Type
Grade Rule
Liberal Education Requirement (LER)
Comments (500 Character Maximum):
Title Abbreviation
Writing Intensive (WIC)
NOTE: Please do not use the following restricted characters: (~ * / \ --)

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Comments:
Date User Comment
4/3/2013 Elizabeth W
Brooks
History:
Date User
Instructor information and contact hours updated
Status
4/3/2013 Alexa L. Sandmann Approved
4/3/2013 Elizabeth W Brooks Submitted
Deny