Directed Student Teaching: Elementary School/Capstone

The student teaching experience will integrate theory with practical experience. Each student teacher will complete a minimum of fifteen (15) weeks of student teaching for the required nine (9) semester hours of credit. Each student teacher will be expected to be at his or her school the same amount of time as his or her mentor teacher. The total number of hours spent in student teaching is to be a minimum of four hundred five (405) clock hours. Forty-five (45) clock hours must be fulfilled for each student teaching credit hour. Students will start at the beginning of the semester for the district where they are student teaching. *The end date will be the last day of the regular class schedule for ACU. Reflections, group interactions and other assignments may be incorporated into the student teaching experience for the Capstone experience.