EDU 462 Senior Seminar II

2 Credits

Senior Seminar II must be taken as a supplement to the Student Teaching Practicum experience. Throughout the course, time is allotted for students to share their student teaching experiences in an effort to process issues, problems, successes, and areas in need of improvement with their supervisors. Other portions of the course are devoted to the presentation and sharing of information regarding the teaching profession in order to adequately prepare students to be prospective and viable candidates for employment. Educational issues, such as the development of professional materials, certification, professional organizations, application procedures, and interviewing techniques, are some topics to be presented.

Prerequisite(s): EDU 461 ; concurrent with EDU 490 , EDU 495 , or EDU 497 .

NOTE: All students pursuing Early Elementary (PK–4) and Special Education (PK–8) Certification are required to successfully complete ECE 101, Teaching as a Profession: PK–4, before taking any other required course in the major. Students pursuing Secondary Teacher Certification in either Biology/General Science, English, or Social Studies are required to successfully complete EDU 101, Teaching as a Profession, before taking any other required course in the major. Proof of a current FBI Fingerprint Clearance, a Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance, and a Pennsylvania Criminal Background Clearance is required and must be submitted to the Dean of Education and Human Service’s office in order to begin any ECE, EDU, or SPEC course. No student may begin these classes without all current clearances.