ESP 575 provides culminating clinical practice designed for the master-level teacher candidate who has completed all coursework and required standardized exams, does not hold teacher certification, and is not currently employed full-time as a teacher of record. The candidate seeks an initial teacher certification in Exceptional Children. The individual completes a full semester (minimum 70 days) of student teaching, with one half-semester in a special education elementary placement and the other half in a special education setting in a middle or high school. He or she is supervised, mentored, and evaluated by two certified, master-level, special education teachers (cooperating teachers), one in each setting, as well as by a professional educator assigned by the university (university supervisor). Student teachers co-teach with their cooperating teachers and engage fully in educational activities before, during, and after the school day. By Kentucky regulation, student teachers may not be employed by their schools in any way in any role, although they may be employed by a different school in a manner that does not interfere with fulfillment of student teaching responsibilities. To successfully complete this clinical practice, the student teacher must demonstrate all four domains of Kentucky Framework for Teaching at the “developing” level (2) by the end of the semester.