MSeD in Business Education Field Experiences

5 Year Dual Degree Program in Management (B.B.A.)and Business Education (M.S.Ed.)

Placements are arranged by the Office of Field Placement. A minimum of 100 clock hours of participation/observation is required prior to student teaching. The departmental policy is to place prospective teachers in districts other than those in which they currently reside or in schools that they attended. At least one field placement must be in a district identified as high-needs by the New York State Education Department. All field experiences are incorporated into course curricula. Students enrolled in SPED 201/264 are placed in educational settings to work with students who have special needs or disabilities.
Participation/observation field experiences in designated secondary schools are required in each of the following courses:

Grades 7-12

• LYST 209 - Language, Culture and Identity: Literacy Issues for Adolescents and Young Adults - 10 hour field placement
• LYST 215A - Language and Literacy in Middle Childhood and Adolescence - 10 hour field placement
• LYST 217A - Reading and Writing With Adolescents - 10 hour field placement
• SED 264 - General Methods of Teaching - 20 hour field placement in a high-needs district
• SPED 201 - The Exceptional Child - 20 hour field placement in settings with special-needs students
• SPED 264 - Inclusion in Today's Schools- 20 hour field placement in settings with special-needs students

Grades 10-12

• SED 296L - Internship in Business Education- 50 hour field placement

Student Teaching

• SED 217 - Student Teaching
• SED 218 - Supervised Teaching

Notes

• Students take either LYST 209 or LYST 215A or LYST 217A
• Students take either SPED 201 or SPED 264
• SED 296L is taken concurrently with SED 296 - Instructional Patterns for Business and Information Systems