Sophomore Field Experience Overview

Welcome to the Teacher Education program and the Sophomore Field Experience. The field experiences are an important part of the Teacher Education program at Northern State University. The Sophomore Field Experience is the first of these experiences and is designed to fulfill several important objectives of the education program.

The Sophomore Field experience provides a context within which current and future course work in the School of Education is set. It is also an opportunity to solidify the student’s decision to become an educator. The Sophomore Field Experience provides the first opportunity to reflect upon what it means to be a teacher.

The Sophomore Field Experience affords the student an opportunity to spend three days in an elementary or secondary classroom. During this time he/she will collect information for a paper which will be placed on file in the Education Office (GB-109). A student will not be admitted to Teacher Education or be permitted to register for upper-division methods courses until the Sophomore Field Experience requirements have been successfully completed.

We hope the experience is an exciting look at your future profession.