Field Experience

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)