Field Experiences

Handbooks

• Undergraduate Field Experience Handbook
• Alternative Fifth-Year Field Experience Handbook
• Internship Handbook (for undergraduates and alternative 5th-year programs)
    

Educator Preparation Provider Key Assessments for Completion

For Undergraduate and Alternative Fifth-Year Programs

• Praxis II Content
• Planning for Instruction
• Impact on Student Learning
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge
• Content Knowledge
• Professional Dispositions
• Grade Point Averages (Overall, Professional, and Teaching Fields)
  • Undergraduate G.P.A. - 2.75
  • Alternative Fifth Year G.P.A. - 3.25
  • Completer Cohort Grade Point Average - 3.0
• edTPA Portfolio
• InTASC TWS Internship Portfolio
     

Traditional Class A and Class AA Field Experiences

Class A Field Experiences – Key Assessments

• Professional Dispositions
• Research to Improve Teaching and Learning
• Professional Learning Reflections
• Comprehensive Exam
    

Class AA Field Experiences – Key Assessments

• Professional Dispositions
• Action Research (content specific)
• Impact on Student Learning
• Professional Learning Reflections
• Comprehensive Exam (content specific)
     

Helpful Resources for Faculty and Candidates

• Alabama State Department of Education
• LiveText at Watermark
• edTPA Portfolio
• ETS Praxis Core and Praxis II
• InTASC Standards
• edWeb.net – Professional Learning Community
• Alabama Learning Exchange
• Technology in Motion
• Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI)
• Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI)
• Accomplished Teaching, Learning, Schools (ATLAS) - a Resource of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards