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An ESL student teaching experience is required for all licensure - seeking students. Because this is a K-12 license, an ESL teaching experience is required at both the elementary and secondary levels. The length and grade level(s) of this practicum will vary according to your previous experience teaching ESL in a K-12 setting. After you are accepted into the additional license program, your advisor will assign you to a "practicum category" which details the scope of the student teaching which you must complete in order to be recommended for licensure. If you have been working in an ESL classroom while completing your coursework in the ESL program you may be eligible for a change in your category assignment prior to student teaching. You may petition this change by submitting a written request to the SLTL office. Please refer to the chart below that details the practicum categories.
Prior to student teaching you will be required to attend a one day, no cost/no credit practicum seminar. You should attend this seminar the semester before you plan to student teach. This seminar is typically held on Saturday and you must register for it through the professional development catalog, just as you would a class. The practicum seminar is designed to explain the requirements of student teaching and the ESL portfolio as well as begin the process of placing you within a public school classroom.
Practicum seminar is held once every semester and we are typically able to place students with a cooperating teacher/classroom year-round. Please note, however, that finding placements in the summer time can be very difficult and you may not be able to fulfill all of your practicum requirements at one time.
PRACTICUM CATEGORIES:
Category A (one semester credit)
- Teaching Experience Required: three years ESL, including at least one year at each level (elementary and secondary)
- Requirements
- Two weeks in current position, observed by Hamline faculty for two hours
- Formal lessons plans for observed lessons
- Letter from a supervisor (such as a principal) for teaching at the level not observed by Hamline faculty
- One paper addressing an ESL issue (negotiated with the supervisor)
Category B (two semester credits)
- Teaching Experience Required: one-two years of ESL
- Requirements
- Three weeks at level of least experience, observed by Hamline faculty. Practicum must be done with a licensed ESL teacher.
- Formal lessons plans for observed lessons
- Letter from a supervisor (such as a principal) for teaching at the level not observed by Hamline faculty
- One curriculum project and one paper addressing an ESL issue (negotiated with the supervisor)
Category C ( four semester credits)
- Teaching Experience Required: two years of teaching experience, but less than one year of ESL
- Requirements
- Seven weeks of practicum, four weeks at level of least experience (based on level of licensure and/or teaching experience), and three weeks at the other level.
- Formal lessons plans for observed lessons
- Two curriculum projects, one at each level, and two papers addressing ESL issues (negotiated with the supervisor)
Category D (six semester credits)
- Teaching Experience: less than two years
- Requirements
- Four weeks at level of original license, six weeks at other level
- Formal lessons plans for observed lessons
- Two curriculum projects, one at each level, and two papers addressing ESL issues (negotiated with the supervisor)
Assessment of Prior Experience
Prior experience will be credited to your program in the following manner:
- A school day consists of five student contact hours
- A school year is nine months long.
- A year of teaching consists of 800-900 student contact hours.
- An ESL "class" consists of two or more students.
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