SCED262/562 – K-12 Field Experience & Building Student Relationships (3 credits)

SCED333/533 – Educational Psychology & Assessment (3 credits) *

SCED363/563 – Dynamic Teaching: Motivation, Classroom Management, and Differentiation of Instruction (3 credits) *

SCED415/515 – Scientific Practices vs. Engineering Design and the Nature of Science (3 credits) **

SCED445/545 – Physics and Chemistry Teaching Techniques (3 credits)

SCED464/564 – Capstone Curriculum Design I – Practicum (3 credits)

SCED465/565 – Capstone Curriculum Design II – Student Teaching (6-12 credits arranged with Instructor)

Filed Requirements – Read More Below

SCED262/562 – K-12 Field Experience & Building Student Relationships (3 credits)

SCED333/533 – Educational Psychology & Assessment (3 credits) *

SCED363/563 – Dynamic Teaching: Motivation, Classroom Management, and Differentiation of Instruction (3 credits) *

MAED435/535 – Computer Science Teaching Techniques (3 credits)

MAED498/598 – Computer Science Practices & Technological Impacts on Society (3 credits) **

MAED564 – Capstone Curriculum Design I – Practicum (3 credits)

MaED565 – Capstone Curriculum Design II – Student Teaching (6-12 credits arranged with Instructor)

Field Requirements – Read More Below

• 800 total hours, as a combination of field and service hours.
  • Between 50 – 150 of these hours will be service hours. Service is something outside of the classroom with a K-12 audience through an organized/supervised activity. Typically these are for a school through a tutoring program or chaperoning a dance. There are also opportunities at Mines (mostly through Computer Science) that are organized programs for students (eg. Middle school girls). Service hours can be earned through a paid position – they do not have to be voluntary.
  • The other 650 – 750 hours will be field hours. Field hours have to be completed with a licensed teacher during their regular teaching job (classroom hours, planning, grading, etc). These hours are earned while taking K12 Field Experience (SCED262/562), Capstone I – Practicum (SCED/MAED/CSED464/564) and Capstone II – Student Teaching (SCED/MAED/CSED465/565). There’s a minimum requirement of 75 hours for Field Experience, 100 hours in Practicum, and 400 hours for Student Teaching. A person can do more hours during Field Experience or Practicum, which will reduce the hours needed for student teaching. During the one semester of student teaching there’s time to get a maximum of 640 hours.

Additional Notes & Advice:

• You must have a placement in both a middle school and high school at some point during your field hours.
• If you take Field Experience and Practicum at the same time, you can be placed in the same classroom to complete all of the hours, however we strongly recommend doing two very different placements to help you better see the difference between schools and student populations (grade level as well as students with different backgrounds).
• Think about saving your student teaching experience for the setting you most likely want to be hired into for your first year of teaching.
• Early hire option for Minor or BSE: Colorado has an option for people who are done with all of their BS coursework, except student teaching. If you are teaching in a high needs area then you can do what is called “Teacher of Record” (math and science qualify in 2023, while computer science won’t qualify until 2024). In this case you would not have a mentor teacher, you would have a mentor in the building and your Mines supervisor but you would be the classroom teacher – there would not be a classroom teacher whose room you are working in. If you do this, you get paid a full salary.
• Early hire option for MS: Colorado has an adjunct license for people who already have a BS. You would need to find a school who would hire with this license while you finish your student teaching. In this case you would not have a mentor teacher, you would have a mentor in the building and your Mines supervisor but you would be the classroom teacher – there would not be a classroom teacher whose room you are working in. If you do this, you get paid a full salary.