Student Teaching

Student teaching is considered the culminating experience in a candidate's teacher education program. Candidates are provided opportunities to observe teachers, to apply educational theory, to demonstrate their disposition for teaching and to practice the knowledge and skills deemed essential for effective, professional practice within a supportive learning environment for all children.

Teacher candidates are as interns in their school settings under the auspices of the school administrators and cooperating teachers. This experience is further facilitated by a university supervisor. Candidates are responsible for providing their own transportation.

Teacher Education Programs

• Adolescent & Young Adult Education
• Career Technical Teacher Education
• Cultural Foundations
• Early Childhood Education
• Educational Psychology
• Health Education & Promotion
  
• Instructional Technology
• Literacy Education
• Masters of Arts in Teaching
• Middle Childhood Education
• Physical Education
• School Psychology
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Special Education

Accreditation 

The EHHS teacher education programs at KSU are accredited by NCATE.

Accreditation is an external review process by which experts authorize or give credentials that indicate standards and expectations have been met by academic programs or institutions.

NCATE's accreditation standards focus on candidate performance. In fact, NCATE is one of the first accrediting organizations to use candidate performance as an integral part of its accreditation system. Other accreditation agencies have consulted with NCATE on incorporating performance outcomes into their own systems.

NCATE institutions are expected to use multiple sources of performance-oriented data, including actual candidate performance in the classroom, before the completion of the program and/or recommendation for licensure. NCATE wants to know-What does the teacher candidate know, and how well can he or she apply that knowledge to teach all of the students in the classroom?