To afford graduates with authentic classroom and administrative experiences, all candidates will be required to complete field placement hours and internships/practicums associated with M.Ed. coursework in each of the content specializations. All Master of Education candidates will be required to purchase
LiveText in order to successfully complete all field placement and internship/practicum evaluations, assessments, and time-logs.
Early field-based experiences & internships are included in most MED Program courses. Early field experiences vary in the number of hours required, and assessments that must be completed. Accepted candidates must be employed in a K-12 public school system in order to complete the required clinical experience hours.
Students must submit placement request or placement verification forms at the beginning of each semester in order to be assigned a field placement. Students must also complete all required hours and assessments by the end of each semester. Each student will be assigned a mentor which will serve as a guide throughout their early field experience. All MED candidates are required to purchase LiveText Field Experience Module in order to successfully complete all evaluations, assessments and time-logs associated with their Early Field Experience.
MED courses with field experiences include:
Course |
Number of Hours |
EDEL 500 Public School Administration |
20 hours in an elementary school |
EDEL 550 Action Research/Internship I |
107 on-site internship |
EDEL 560 Action Research/Internship II |
108 on-site internship |
EDEL 570 Organize and Manage Public School |
20 hours in a high school |
EDEL 580 School Law |
20 hours in a K-12 setting |
EDEL 590 School and Community |
20 hours in a middle school |
RDNG 570 Reading Practicum |
Summer Camp Internship |
SPED 503 Legal & Historical Foundations of Special Education |
25 in a SPED classroom |
SPED 509 Advanced Strategies for the Inclusive Environment |
25 in a SPED classroom |
SPED 516 Methods for Teaching Students with Autism |
25 in a SPED classroom |
SPED 555 Advanced Strategies for Special Education |
25 in a SPED classroom |
NOTE: Course Descriptions, number of hours and early field experience description subject to change. Field Experiences hours for one course cannot be used to satisfy hours for another course.