What is EDE 360 for elementary education students?
EDE 360, Education Field Experience/Seminar, is the initial field placement in an elementary or secondary school. It is accompanied by a seminar. Students must commit to at least six hours of fieldwork per week that conform to public school schedules. Your EDE 360 instructor will make the placement and notify you–please do not contact the Education Department! EDE 360 is a pre- or co-requisite for most other education courses. Explain the elementary field experience placement policy. The early field experience (EDE 360) will be in a critical need school district. A critical need school district may have one or more of the following characteristics: an urban setting, multicultural population, high level of poverty, low standardized test scores and inadequate funding sources. Student teaching may or may not occur in a critical need district. Although every effort will be made to place students in their student teaching experience (EDE 469) within a half- hour radius of their home, circu
