MUSIC 476

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Secondary Student Teaching

Music College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Capstone, field-based, semester-long experience in teaching secondary music students, demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar required.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

Min

12

Fixed/Max

12

Other Prerequisites

Completion of all course work or with approval, and with a major GPA of at least 3.0 and a C or higher in all major courses.

Title

Teacher Work Sample

Learning Outcome

Students will complete a Teacher Work Sample documenting their ability to understand a teaching situation and their individual students in one specific class, and their ability to plan, teach, reflect on and revise music learning events to teach a learning unit to this class. They will document group and individual progress for the unit.

Title

Effective Planning, Teaching and Revising

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate their ability to effectively plan, teach, reflect and revise music learning events by teaching full-time in a student teaching placement with a mentor teacher. In addition, students will demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively with individual students and groups of students, as well as parents, as well as the ability to work well with their mentor teacher and other school colleagues.