2025-2026 Catalog

SPED 471 Student Teaching in Elementary Special Education

In this culminating clinical experience, candidates demonstrate their competence in planning, implementing and assessing learning experiences in elementary level classrooms that serve students with mild to moderate disabilities. Graded S/U.

Credits

6 or 9 credit hours.

Prerequisite

Concurrent enrollment in SPED 470; satisfactory completion of all major and professional courses required prior to student teaching; a cumulative GPA of 2.75 a full semester prior to student teaching; approved Preparing to Teach Portfolio.

Offered

Fall, Spring.