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Literacy PracticumField Experience
Lynette KerriganStudent Teacher & Field Placement Officer
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What is it?
Literacy Practicum is:•A part-time field experience the semester prior to your final student teaching.
√ 2 days per week; either MW or TR√ Full day schedule= Arrive & depart when your mentor teacher does; typically 30 minutes before & after host school hours√ EDEL 446 is the practicum course; you begin in your host school the first day of your scheduled EDEL 446 course.
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How to Start
1. Register for EDFE 120 the semester before you expect to do your practicum
2. Put together your EDFE 120 checkpoint paperwork & turn it in by the stated due date
3. Complete the ‘Request for Placement’ Survey
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EDFE 120 Paperwork
http://www.unco.edu/teach/Elem_Ckpt.html1.Print and fill in application checklist2.Make a copy of your PLACE/PRAXIX test
registration confirmation or print and complete the Affidavit verifying when you will take the test
3.Print and complete the PTEP Coursework Checklist
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Request for Placement Survey
Before you begin the survey:1.Create a resume – basic job resume, references not needed. Include education, work experience & any experiences working with children.2.Write a letter of introduction addressed “Dear Mentor Teacher” and include 1-3 paragraphs about yourself, why you want to teach, what your future teaching plans are, etc.
You will find a link to the survey here: http://www.unco.edu/teach/eptep.html
The survey will ask for basic program & contact information, have a place to copy & paste in your resume and letter. If you have a specific partner school
request, you can include it in the ‘comments’ section.Remember: You may not complete your practicum in a school where you
have a relative working or attending.
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Requirements & Notification
By the end of the semester prior to your practicum you must: 1.Have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA2.Pass EDEL 350 or EDRD 3193.Pass (grade of ‘S’) EDFE 120
As soon as a placement is confirmed for you, you will be notified via your bear email.
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Questions??If you have any questions or concerns
about the practicum application process please see Lynette Kerrigan in McKee 216
or email her at: [email protected]