Field Placement & Additional Opportunities
The Urban Teacher Academy (UTA) offers students more than just classroom learning. Juniors and seniors accepted into the academy have access to a wide variety of opportunities and activities to develop the skills they're learning in their courses, fieldwork and research.
Field Placement
UTA students are placed in a cohort and are given a two-year placement in an urban school and assigned to a highly qualified veteran teacher who works at the assigned school. All the students attend university-recognized transcripted courses in their junior and senior years and two urban professional seminars each semester to build their knowledge about urban environments.
EDT 318 Junior (Year 1)
- Yearlong class with field placement
- Highly qualified teacher assigned as mentor for two-year period
- 40-60 hours in classroom
- Service learning options in urban school community
EDT 418 Senior (Year 2)
- First semester: Teaching methods block
- Field experience (80 hours, AYA, to 120 hours, ECE) in urban school with mentor teacher
- Second semester: Full-time student teaching in mentor teacher’s classroom (10-15 week duration)
