Description
This is the first of two 150 hour supervised practicums in a school setting under the guidance of a practitioner and a college supervisor. This practicum allows the development of administrator competencies specific to the principal/assistant principal position at the elementary level of the educational system. The practicum provides opportunity for experienced professionals to become fully immersed in examining how theory and practice interact in school administration at the district level and its relationship to and impact on state, district, and school policies and practices. Attendance at four seminar sessions in each semester is required during the practicum. The seminars, combined with the field experience, focus on current issues in the students? practicum sites and specifically on issues of the principalship. An Exit Performance Portfolio documents the experiences. Evaluation is based on current standards for licensure.