APPRENTICESHIP II & SEMINAR

Per the PA Department of Education (PDE), candidates seeking PA teacher certification must successfully complete a pre-student teaching experience. Prestudent teaching is designed to involve the teacher candidate in the various aspects of classroom teaching, methodology, pedagogy, curriculum/standards, and classroom management. In the GUIDE program, the pre-student teaching/clinical experience has been incorporated within the apprentice hours and competencies within Apprenticeship II (633 hours). The field/OTJ hours will be completed at the various educational settings within DePaul School for Hearing & Speech (pre-school, K-8 classrooms, itinerant public school placements PK-12). The candidates/apprentices will have the opportunity to employ reflective decision making when planning, implementing, and assessing learning of students who are deaf/hard of hearing in an actual school environment. In addition, teacher candidates/apprentices will become aware of the managerial, record keeping, and professional aspects of teaching in diverse classroom settings. During pre-student teaching/Apprenticeship II, candidates/apprentices will move through four basic learning experiences: observation, one-to-one tutoring or instruction, small group instruction, and whole class or whole group instruction. Candidates/apprentices meet face-toface/online/virtually weekly in seminars.