CLD 509 - TESOL Practicum/Capstone

3 Credit(s)

This course explores fundamental instructional considerations in TESOL by providing a school-based practical experience. This is a eight (8) week course under the direction of an experienced teacher/mentor and a university supervisor that provides classroom experience in an additional area of teaching certification for those who already hold certification in one area. Interns will observe teaching, participate in work with students (K-12), participate in planning sessions, teach and participate in all activities for which regularly employed teachers are responsible. This course is the culminating experience for the MA in Education with CLD Endorsement.A copy of the final summative teaching evaluation is placed in the candidates file in the Teacher Education Department. All candidates are expected to demonstrate the basic skills relative to all teaching skills, such as lesson planning, unit planning, classroom management, effective instructional approaches, appropriate selection of materials, and knowledge of the teaching-learning process prior to being recommended for TESOL K-12 certification. Instruction should demonstrate alignment with the Colorado CLD Competencies. Candidates are required to teach at least six (6) lessons at an appropriate level (i.e., K-6, 7-12). As part of the evidence of competence to provide effective instruction in English as a Second Language/ CLD, class participants are required to generate a Professional Portfolio aligned of the Colorado CLD Competencies, aligned with the five TESOL/CAPE domain areas and to successfully pass a TESOL Portfolio Exit Interview.