These four skills are essential for modern students to succeed in school and the workplace and are embedded in the curriculum.

Course Description

ESP 574 provides culminating clinical practice designed for the master-level candidate who has completed all coursework and required standardized exams and currently is employed full-time as a certified, general education teacher of record. The candidate seeks a second, “advanced” level certification. While the candidate completes supervised teaching primarily in his/her own classroom, he or she also is required to complete specific experiences in the role of a special education teacher, in another school. A candidate employed in an elementary school must have a supervised placement in a middle or high school, while a candidate employed in a middle or high school must have a supervised placement in an elementary school. The candidate is mentored and evaluated by a certified, master-level, special education teacher (mentor teacher), in each setting, as well as by a professional educator assigned by the university (university supervisor). To successfully complete this clinical practice, the supervised teacher must demonstrate all four domains of Kentucky Framework for Teaching at the “accomplished” level (3) by the end of the term.