Course Catalog Description: Expansion of the knowledge, skills, and competencies of pre-service educators. This course includes 30 clock hours of clinical experiences. Topics include: job search and interview process, first-year teaching expectations, ethics and professionalism, teacher certification, teacher evaluation, mentoring, educational philosophy, school structure and hierarchy, legal issues, parent/teacher conferences, and review topics from ED370. This course cannot be repeated for a change of grade. Prerequisites: ED 101/102, PY210, 223, PY342/343, successful passing of MoGEA exam, and passing score on state qualifying exam for certification in student's area of study. Taken the semester prior to student teaching. NOTE—Beginning spring 2015: Additional prerequisite of 2.75 overall GPA, 3.0 content area GPA, and 3.0 professional education GPA. 2 credit hours.