Early Childhood Development and Learning: Diverse Children and Families with Annotation in Severe/Multiple Disabilities (MSEd)
Students in the Early Childhood Development and Learning: Diverse Children and Families with Annotation in Severe/Multiple Disabilities (MSEd) program participate in developmental field experiences (fieldwork) and supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) administered by the Office of Clinical Experiences (OCE).
Students must apply for supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) and select fieldwork experiences to gain registration permission and placement. For registration and placement processes and procedures see below. Students must obtain fingerprint clearance.
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Fieldwork and Supervised Teaching Requirements
For a full list of fieldwork and supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) requirements consult the course catalog in conjunction with the course sequence and program trackers. The course catalog provides descriptions detailing fieldwork requirements per course, important progress standards, and exit requirements based on matriculation date. Students must meet with the faculty advisor to determine their particular course of study before registering for classes.
Course Catalog
Review the course descriptions, progress standards, and exit requirements in the Course Catalog for track 1 based on start date.
Course Catalog Summer 2022 onward
Course Catalog prior to Summer 2022
Course Sequence and Program Tracker
Security Clearance Requirements
Fingerprinting is required for certification and select clinical experiences (fieldwork and student teaching/practicum). Visit Fingerprinting for Hunter College School of Education Students for complete requirements, processes and procedures.
Fieldwork
Fieldwork is a classroom experience in a New York City Public School in conjunction with a course. Select courses have fieldwork requirements.
Registration, Placement and Application Processes and Procedures
For SPED and SPEDE courses with fieldwork components requiring 10 hours or more, students must request permission from their faculty advisor/program coordinator to register. There is no application. Students are placed by Professor Zigman in Hunter College Partner sites including District 75 schools and private schools in grades PreK-12.
For SPED, SPEDE, and courses requiring less than 10 hours of fieldwork, after attending class and receiving instructions from the instructor, students are responsible for identifying placement within New York State. Students are given a suggested list of fieldwork sites. Please refer to the NYC Department of Education at schools.nyc.gov to find a school in a particular neighborhood.
For ECC and ECF courses requiring less than 50 hours of fieldwork, after attending class and receiving instructions from their instructor, students are responsible for identifying placement within New York State. Please refer to the NYC Department of Education at schools.nyc.gov to find a school in a particular neighborhood.
Students working full time as assistant, associate or head teacher may be eligible to complete their fieldwork requirements in their current job if it is aligned to their pending certification/area of study.
The following are required for eligibility:
- Teaching position must be aligned with pending certification
- Site must be pre-approved by faculty and/or Office of Clinical Experiences
- Students must submit documentation from worksite/school program director
Application
Students must apply for the following courses with fieldwork components of 50 or more hours through the Office of Clinical Experiences before registering:
Application Deadlines
- Fall Semester: April 1st
- Spring Semester: November 1st
- Summer Semester: N/A
Registration and Placement Process
- The Office of Clinical Experiences reviews applications for eligibility.
- The Office of Clinical Experiences grants registration permission and notifies students via their myhunter.cuny.edu email address one week before registration opens.
- Student registers for course once permission granted.
- The Office of Clinical Experiences places students at a Hunter College School of Education partner site and notifies them via their myhunter.cuny.edu email address.
Fieldwork Hours Time Record Form
Supervised Teaching: Student Teaching/Practicum
Students participate in supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) as the culmination of their course of study. Student teaching and/or practicum requires five full days per week for one semester. Students are observed by Hunter College Clinical Supervisors throughout the semester. Students may complete practicum in their current job if it is aligned with their pending certification/area of study.
Registration, Placement and Application Processes and Procedures
All students must apply for student teaching and/or practicum through the Office of Clinical Experiences for registration permission and to be placed.
Required Exams
Students must pass the following New York State exams before registration permission is granted for Supervised Teaching:
- Educating All Students (EAS)*
- Content Specialty Test (CST) – Multi Subject Early Childhood Birth to Grade 2
- Content Specialty Test (CST) – Students with Disabilities
*Students with initial certification do not have to take the EAS exam.
Student Teaching Placement
Student Teachers are placed by the Office of Clinical Experience with a mentor/cooperating teacher at a Hunter College Partner School in New York City. Students teach alongside the mentor/cooperating teacher throughout the semester.
Practicum
Students working full time as assistant, associate or head teacher may be eligible to complete Practicum in their current job if it is aligned with their pending certification/area of study.
The following are required for Practicum eligibility:
- The classroom must be aligned with pending certification
- Site must be pre-approved by faculty and/or Office of Clinical Experiences
- Students submit a letter from worksite/school program director
Practicum placements are approved by L. Beth Brady and Professor Zigman.
Practicum Site Approval Form
Application
All students must apply for student teaching and/or practicum through the Office of Clinical Experiences.
Application Deadlines
- Fall Semester: April 1st
- Spring Semester: November 1st
- Summer Semester: N/A
Registration and Placement Process
- L. Beth Brady, Professor Zigman, and the Office of Clinical Experiences reviews student teaching/practicum applications for eligibility.
- L. Beth Brady and Professor Zigman grants registration permission.
- One week before each semester registration opens, students will be informed of next steps through their myhunter.cuny.edu email.
- If students require placement, L. Beth Brady and Professor Zigman place the student at a Hunter College School of Education partner site in New York City and notify them via their myhunter.cuny.edu email
Internship Certificate
Current students who are eligible for practicum and secure a teaching position that requires NYS certification may apply for an internship certificate. Students must apply for practicum first and will only receive instructions thereafter.
Visit the Internship Certificate page for eligibility requirements and application processes and procedures.
Supervised Teaching Time Record Form
Support
The Office of Clinical Experiences administers and provides support for students regarding fieldwork and supervised teaching (student teaching and practicum). The Office is led by Marshall George, Olshan Professor of Clinical Practice, and the Director of the Office of Clinical Experiences Ileana Infante.
Each program has a Clinical Placement Specialist to work with students regarding fieldwork and supervised teaching.
Clinical Placement Specialist
- Zahra Ahmed, Office of Clinical Experiences (OCE)
Contact for questions concerning the following:
- Fieldwork placement
- Student Teaching/Practicum application and placement