What is involved in doing the ESL practicum?
All details of doing your practicum are discussed at a required practicum orientation meeting held approximately two to three weeks before the beginning of the term in which you are doing your practicum. General practicum requirements include spending at least 90 contact hours teaching at the level of your current license with six or more ELL students over the course of a 10-week Portland State school term (fall, winter or spring). We arrange a placement for you with an ESL-endorsed cooperating teacher. If you are already teaching, you need to arrange for an ESL-endorsed colleague in your school or district to serve in this role for you. As part of the 90 hours, you are required to develop and present a unit of 10 lessons, including pre- and post-assessment, and planning and presentation of the lessons using strategies appropriate for working with ELL students. Practicum written assignments include using a designated format for at least two of the lessons, which are also observed by th
