Field Experience
Field Experience Opportunities
Included here is a sample of our field experience courses. For more information or details, please contact Dr. Kass Remp at krempp@hastings.edu.
ED 140 Educational Laboratory (25+ hours)
- Introductory field experience in education
- Taken as a first year student
- First of a series of school experiences throughout the program
- Includes observation, tutoring, classroom interaction and reflection
ED 310 Introduction to Special Education (25+ hours)
- Work with students with special needs and at-risk youth through service learning opportunities
- Integrated theory and practice
- Taken in the sophomore year
ED 340/Ed 350 Clinical Experience (45+ hours)
- Placement in a high school or elementary classroom
- Experience in the area of teaching interest
- Work with a master cooperating teacher
- Taken with or following a teaching methods course
- Taken as a junior or senior
ED 360 Special Education Practicum I / Mild-Moderate
- Taken with block of special education courses
- Tied to assessment, behavior intervention, and methods as related to mild-moderate disabilities
- Placements include inclusive regular education settings
- Typically taken as a junior
ED 382 Educating a Multicultural Society (8+ hours)
- Placement in diverse classroom settings in Chicago; Omaha; Grand Island, Nebraska; Jackson, Mississippi; Belize; the Rosebud Indian Reservation; Denver; or the Migrant Education Program in Hastings, Nebraska.
ED 440 (Elementary) / 450 (Secondary) Teaching Practicum (student teaching) – Semester long placement
- Personalized student teaching placement for 16-20 weeks
- Urban options
- Assigned to master cooperating teacher
- Supervised by college professor – 6+ visits
- Participate in pre-opening orientation sessions in schools
- Attend senior seminar – ED 400
- Typically taken as a senior
Professional education courses and teaching methods courses also provide additional classroom and service learning opportunities.
Field Experiences Infused in Professional Teacher Ed / Methods Courses
- Service Learning (ED 421)
- Elementary Math Methods (ED 311)
- Jump Rope for Heart (PED 390)
- Reading Methods Courses (ED 331, ED 333)
- Chicago; Omaha; Grand Island, Nebraska; Jackson, Mississippi – Multicultural Trips (ED 382)
- Science Club (SCI 390) (BIO 390)
- Intro to SPED Service Learning (ED 310)
Faculty

Jessica Allen-Pickett
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Grant Bachman
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Jill Beckenhauer
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Dr. Darci Karr
Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Certification Officer and Chair of the Department

Dr. Jamie Martin
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Dr. Kathryn (Kass) Rempp
Professor of Teacher Education