Candidates will complete early fieldwork in conjunction with their Foundations and Methods courses. These courses are typically taken in the first 2-3 semesters in the program. The instructors for each course will advise candidates on how many hours to complete as well as methods of completing the early fieldwork. Early Fieldwork hours must be tracked using the Early Fieldwork Experience Log for each course and submitted to the course instructor.
The hours will vary by program and course. Please refer to the below charts.
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401/EDUT 401 |
10 hours |
MALT 603/ EDUC 503/EDUG 403/EDUT 403 |
5 hours |
MALT 605/EDUC 505/EDUG 405/EDUT 405 | 5 hours |
MALT 607/EDUC 507/EDUG 407/EDUT 407 | 5 hours |
MALT 609/EDUC 509/EDUG 409/EDUT 409 | 5 hours |
MALT 611/EDUC 511/EDUG 411/EDUT 411 | 10 hours |
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401 |
10 hours |
MALT 602/ EDUC 502/EDUG 402 |
5 hours |
MALT 604/EDUC 504/EDUG 404 | 5 hours |
MALT 606/EDUC 506/EDUG 406 | 5 hours |
MALT 608/EDUC 508/EDUG 408 | 5 hours |
MALT 611/EDUC 511/EDUG 411 | 10 hours |
Students in the Dual Credential program earning a Multiple Subject or Single Subject Preliminary Teaching Credential and Education Specialist Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN) Preliminary Teaching Credential are required to complete 200 hours of early fieldwork.
While completing early fieldwork in your general education courses, 60% of the required hours will be completed in a special education setting and 40% of the required hours will be completed in a general education setting. While completing early fieldwork in your education specialist MMSN courses, 80% of the required hours will be completed in a special education setting and 20% of the required hours will be completed in a general education setting.
Please see the breakdown of required hours by setting and course below.
Course Name | Hours in a Special Education Setting | Hours in a General Education Setting | Total Hours |
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401 | 30 hours | 20 hours | 50 hours |
MALT 603/EDUC 503/EDUG 403 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
MALT 607/EDUC 507/EDUG 407 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 610/EDSP 510 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 616/EDSP 516 | 40 hours | 10 hours | 50 hours |
EDSP 625/EDSP 525 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
Course Name | Hours in a Special Education Setting | Hours in a General Education Setting | Total Hours |
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401 | 30 hours | 20 hours | 50 hours |
MALT 602/EDUC 502/EDUG 402 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
MALT 606/EDUC 506/EDUG 406 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 610/EDSP 510 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 616/EDSP 516 | 40 hours | 10 hours | 50 hours |
EDSP 625/EDSP 525 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
Students who started an Education Specialist program in Summer 2022 and after will obtain a Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN) Preliminary Teaching Credential. These students are required to complete 200 hours of early fieldwork.
While completing early fieldwork in your general education courses, 60% of the required hours will be completed in a special education setting and 40% of the required hours will be completed in a general education setting. While completing early fieldwork in your education specialist MMSN courses, 80% of the required hours will be completed in a special education setting and 20% of the required hours will be completed in a general education setting.
Please see the breakdown of required hours by setting and course below.
Course Name | Hours in a Special Education Setting | Hours in a General Education Setting | Total Hours |
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401 | 30 hours | 20 hours | 50 hours |
MALT 603/EDUC 503/EDUG 403 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 610/EDSP 510 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 616/EDSP 516 | 40 hours | 10 hours | 50 hours |
MALT 605/EDUC 505/EDUG 405 | 15 hours | 10 hours | 25 hours |
EDSP 625/EDSP 525 | 20 hours | 5 hours | 25 hours |
Students who started an Education Specialist program in Spring 2022 or prior will obtain a Mild/Moderate Disabilities (M/M) Preliminary Teaching Credential. These students are required to complete 40 hours of early fieldwork.
MALT 601/EDUC 501/EDUG 401 | 10 hours |
MALT 603/EDUC 503/EDUG 403 | 5 hours |
EDSP 610/EDSP 510 | 10 hours |
EDSP 616/EDSP 516 | 5 hours |
MALT 605/EDUC 506/EDUG 405 | 5 hours |
EDSP 625/EDSP 525 | 5 hours |
Course instructors will provide guidance on how to complete early fieldwork hours. Each district has different policies on how to reach out to complete early fieldwork at their school site. Please follow all district policies when at the school site.
Some districts have provided information on their Early Fieldwork Opportunities that you can read about here. However, you are not limited to the districts listed in this document.
Document hours on the Early Fieldwork Experience Log then submit the form to your course instructor.
Candidates should discuss their early fieldwork options with their courses instructors as each course has different early fieldwork hour activities and assignments.
If logging virtual hours on the Early Fieldwork Log, input the following info:
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include the following: |
Classroom Observation Choices (visit any one of the following)
Museum or Organization Visit Choices (visit any one of the following)
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include the following: |
Classroom Observation Choices (visit any one or more of the following)
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Early fieldwork experience hours for this course may include the following options: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Elementary STEM classroom teachers facilitating STEM-related lessons: · Kinder Mathematics (53 minutes) · 4th Grade Math and Science (2 hours combined) o https://youtu.be/QuK-LS21c_k o https://youtu.be/5we3XNEO3Ps o https://youtu.be/Nw4R3HwwiUY o https://youtu.be/wg83S9OoX4o o https://youtu.be/C8zHoYW2b34 · STEM learning environments and lesson planning: o What is Universal Design for Learning? The Myth of Average (read and watch video, 30 minutes) o An Introduction to Universal Design for Learning with Katie Novak (60 minutes) o How to Teach math as a Social Activity (10 minutes) o Summer 2021, Computer Science Virtual Summer Camp, June 21 - July 1 |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include one or more of the following: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include the following options: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
· Kinder ELA/Science (21 minutes) · 2nd Grade Lesson Plan: Henry and Mudge (45 minutes) · 3rd Grade English Language Arts Lesson (46 minutes) · 3rd Grade Main Idea (14 minutes) · 4th Grade English Language Arts (20 minutes) · 4th Grade Main Idea (14 minutes) · 4th Grade Reading (50 minutes) · 5th Grade English Group Presentation (12 minutes) · Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime (50 minutes) · Making a Claim Using Two Texts with Similar Themes (30 minutes) · Professional Development Disciplines: Elementary. This link takes you to a series of shorter videos that focus on important elements of ELA practices; all videos in the series are to be viewed and noted. |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include five of the following: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs (60 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/welcoming-special-ed/ How Accurate Are Your Grades? (30 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/ Your Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered - Inquiry (45 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/genius-hour-questions/ Using Playlists to Differentiate Instruction (45 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-playlists-differentiation/ Best Practices for Serving ELLs and their Families (requires students to register for free access to this pre-recorded webinar, 50 minutes) Answering Guiding Questions with Middle School ELLs (10 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/answering-guiding-questions-middle-school-ells
Brainstorming a Journal Assignment with High School ELLs (3 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/brainstorming-journal-assignment-high-school-ells Instruction of Key Academic Vocabulary with High School ELLs (5 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/instruction-key-academic-vocabulary-high-school-ells
Making connections: Creating an active and engaged reader (7 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/making-connections-creating-active-engaged-reader
What to do first in the ELL classroom (7 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/what-do-first-ell-classroom
Adapting Curriculum to Learners’ Needs (6 minutes) |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include one of more of the following: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Teaching Hard History in Grades K-5 (requires students to register for free to access pre-recorded webinar, 70 minutes)
How to Create a Project-Based Learning Lesson (45 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/project-based-learning-lesson/
A Tale of Two Teachers (15 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgtinODaW78
Multicultural Curriculum and Instructional Design (Read and Watch, 45 minutes) https://study.com/academy/lesson/multicultural-curriculum-instruction-development.html
1st Grade Social Studies (10 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlj6xLJDvGI
2nd Grade Social Studies (25 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmLBnCfFmA
3rd Grade Social Studies (20 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1obw7XyIDcg
4th Grade Social Studies (15 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fb_v_CPPI0
5th Grade Social Studies (30 minutes) |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course include the following: |
Observations in a secondary-level classroom setting under the candidate's single subject area expertise. This classroom setting will need to ensure the candidate is able to focus on:
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future (20 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCFg9bcW7Bk
Students need to lead the classroom, not the teachers (11 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQhiB2EOVE
How to Approach Teaching Like a Master Chef (50 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-chef/
Student-Led Socratic Seminar (45 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2982/student-led-socratic-seminar-moffat
High School Literature Analysis (17 minutes)
10th Grade Math (32 minutes)
11th Grade Math (28 minutes)
9th Grade Biology (13 minutes)
10th Grade Science (16 minutes)
10th Grade ELA/Social Studies (38 minutes)
High School Social Studies (37 minutes) |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course may include the following options: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future (20 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCFg9bcW7Bk
Students need to lead the classroom, not the teachers (11 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQhiB2EOVE
How to Approach Teaching Like a Master Chef (50 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-chef/
How Accurate Are Your Grades? (30 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/
Effective Literacy Practices (scroll and watch all 6 videos, 45 minutes): https://readingrecovery.org/professional-learning/effective-literacy-practices-video-library/
Reading Diversity: Tools for Selecting Diverse Texts (requires students to register for free to access pre-recorded webinar, 60 minutes)
Let’s Teach Mastery, Not Test Scores (10 minutes) https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores#t-2404
Building Knowledge through Close reading (read and watch, 90 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2866/building-knowledge-through-close-reading-domyancic |
Early Fieldwork Experience Hours and Assignment |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
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Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Seven Conceptual Videos:
The Power of Literacy: Read, Write, Think, Discuss (10 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfYe6ndbVq8
Why Save a Language (30 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7BLBUS1IXc
The Danger of a Single Story (20minutes) https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en Scaffolding Literacy Instruction for ELLs (10 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivmbm8fA2pQ
Teaching Digital Literacy (requires students to register for free to access pre-recorded webinar, 40 minutes)
What are the Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts? (40 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/leveled-texts/
How Dialogue Journals Build Teacher-Student Relationships (60 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/dialogue-journals/
MS/SS Aligned Videos:
1st Grade - Character Comparison (Read and Watch, 120 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2985/character-comparison-sobin
3rd Grade - Returning to the Text (Read and Watch, 120 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2989/is-summer-break-necessary-bibb
5th Grade - Text-Based Disagreement During Discussion (Read and Watch, 120 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2875/text-based-disagreement-during-discussion-guidarelli
6th Grade - Evidence-Based Assertions (Read and Watch, 120 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2980/evidence-based-assertions-emerick
7th Grade - Student-Led Discussions (Read and Watch, 90 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2984/student-led-discussion-sanders
8th Grade - Questioning Poetry (Read And Watch, 90 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2986/questioning-poetry-troetti
Reading Informational Text in High School (50 minutes) |
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course may include the following options:
1:1 observations with any special education service providers.
Before or after school observations
Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments
https://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/feta2/ch12.ieps.pdf
Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments
How to Read and Unpack the Common Core State Standards (8 minutes 13 seconds)
Common Core & Special Education (4 minutes 56 seconds)
Common Core Math Instruction (9 minutes 13 seconds)
IDEA: Understanding Measurable Goals on the IEP (22 minutes 15 seconds)
Writing Measurable IEP Goals (1 hours 48 minutes 48 seconds)
An Introduction to Universal Design for Learning with Katie Novak (60 minutes)
Katie Novak on UDL Now! Revised (58 minutes 49 seconds)
UDL A How to Read the UDL Guidelines (5 minutes 44 seconds)
What is Universal Design for Learning? The Myth of Average (read and watch video, 30 minutes)
Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions (43 minutes)
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/culturally-responsive-misconceptions/
Restorative Justice in School: An Overview (70 minutes)
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/restorative-justice-overview/
The Magic of Validation (25 minutes)
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/magic-of-validation/
Social Model Animation (1 minute 26 seconds)
What is the social model of disability? (3 minutes 7 seconds)
Social Model of Disability (2 minutes 43 seconds)
A Credo For Support (5 minutes 8 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wunHDfZFxXw
The Other Side of Therapy: Disability, Normalcy, and the Tyranny of Rehabilitation with Norman Kunc (11 minutes 8 seconds)
I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much! (9 minutes 16 seconds)
Autism as Neurodiversity (14 minutes 18 seconds)
The Sensory Room: Helping Students with Autism Focus & Learn
Intersectionality 101 (3 minutes 3 seconds)
In my Language (8 minutes 36 seconds)
I am not my Label (12 minutes 29 seconds)
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course may include the following options:
1:1 observations with any special education service providers.
Before or after school observations
Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments
Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments
What is Privilege? (3 minutes 59 seconds)
ABC’s -Antecedents - Behavior - Consequence (1 minute 54 seconds)
Functions of Behavior - (3 minutes 2 seconds)
Restraint and Seclusion: Hear our Voices (27 minutes 57seconds)
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (6 minutes 4 seconds)
Positive Behavior Intervention Support Systems (9 minutes 47 seconds)
The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice (14 minutes 35 seconds)
Restorative Justice In Action in the Community (5 minutes 29 seconds)
Teachers TV: Restorative Justice in Action (15 minutes 34 seconds)
Media Representations of Disability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrRc-XT17o&feature=youtu.be
The Power of Vulnerability, Brene Brown (20 minutes 49 seconds)
Listening to Shame- Brene Brown (20 minutes 38 seconds)
Implementing Response to Intervention — Prairie Children Preschool
Implementing Response to Intervention (13 minutes 55 seconds)
Implementing Response to Intervention- Russell Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Implementing Response to Intervention - Tigard High School
Implementing Response to Intervention-Boulevard Elementary School, Gloversville, NY
Early fieldwork experience hours for this course may include the following options: |
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Technology-enabled Alternative Assignments |
· Early Fieldwork Paper: Evidence of knowledge of one or more of the following will be documented by completing five one-page single spaced synthesis of the information in the videos (linked in the column to the right).
· Complete 5 one-page narratives which discuss one or more of the following, as viewed in the videos: 1) developing equity-centered curricula, 2) assessing diverse learners, 3) interpreting assessment data, 4) prescribing literacy instruction, 5) aligning student needs with appropriate materials and teaching strategies, and 6) evaluating various types of assessment instruments. |
Resource links for Alternative Technology-enabled Assignments |
Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs (60 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/welcoming-special-ed/
How Accurate Are Your Grades? (30 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/
Your Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered - Inquiry (45 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/genius-hour-questions/
Using Playlists to Differentiate Instruction (45 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-playlists-differentiation/
Best Practices for Serving ELLs and their Families (requires students to register for free access to this pre-recorded webinar, 50 minutes)
Answering Guiding Questions with Middle School ELLs (10 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/answering-guiding-questions-middle-school-ells
Brainstorming a Journal Assignment with High School ELLs (3 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/brainstorming-journal-assignment-high-school-ells
Instruction of Key Academic Vocabulary with High School ELLs (5 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/instruction-key-academic-vocabulary-high-school-ells
Making connections: Creating an active and engaged reader (7 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/making-connections-creating-active-engaged-reader
What to do first in the ELL classroom (7 minutes) https://www.colorincolorado.org/classroom-video/what-do-first-ell-classroom
Adapting Curriculum to Learners’ Needs (6 minutes) https://vimeo.com/channels/commoncoreliteracy/84898604
-- Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future (20 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCFg9bcW7Bk
Students need to lead the classroom, not the teachers (11 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQhiB2EOVE
How to Approach Teaching Like a Master Chef (50 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-chef/
How Accurate Are Your Grades? (30 minutes) https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/
Effective Literacy Practices (scroll and watch all 6 videos, 45 minutes): https://readingrecovery.org/professional-learning/effective-literacy-practices-video-library/
Reading Diversity: Tools for Selecting Diverse Texts (requires students to register for free to access pre-recorded webinar, 60 minutes)
Let’s Teach Mastery, Not Test Scores (10 minutes) https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores#t-2404
Building Knowledge through Close reading (read and watch, 90 minutes) https://achievethecore.org/page/2866/building-knowledge-through-close-reading-domyancic |