During the spring term of the senior year, elementary and secondary/foreign language candidates return to their Early Experience placement schools to participate in a full-time practicum. As co-teachers during this practicum, elementary and secondary/foreign language candidates will gradually assume all the teaching and administrative responsibilities of the cooperating teacher. These responsibilities will last most of the term, typically eight-ten weeks. Additional seminars for candidates will occur throughout the term in the late afternoon.
The Senior Block/Practicum is not the same as, or an equivalent to, the Teaching Internship. Rather, it serves as an opportunity for candidates to demonstrate their readiness to proceed to the Teaching Internship, either as an induction teacher or as the co-teacher in the classroom of a cooperating teacher. The documents listed below pertain to the Senior Block/Practicum:
