EDU 780 - Practicum in Bilingual Education

3 Credit(s) A full time five week (150 hours) teaching experience with accompanying weekly seminar on topics related to effective teaching for English language learners receiving bilingual instruction at the grade level of the certificate sought (PreK-12). One week, or thirty clock hours will be spent in a regular education classroom at the same level. Seminar topics will include parents as partners, reading and writing in the native language, language and literacy development through the content areas, teaching to diverse learning styles, the role of culture in learning, and assessment and evaluation.