EU455E
Practicum Five: Laurier Professional Placement
0.5 Credit - Winter

Teacher Education Candidates (TECs) complete the fifth practicum, the Laurier Professional Placement (LPP), at a Professional Development School (PDS) in Year Two. The LPP is a ten-week block placement designed to support TECs as they transition from student-teacher to practicing professional through extensive and varied teaching opportunities and other classroom and school experiences. During the LPP, under the supervision of an associate teacher, TECs spend six weeks in the same classroom and assume responsibility for teaching 100% of the associate teacher’s instructional time during four consecutive weeks. The additional four of the ten practicum weeks are dedicated to broadening TECs’ teaching experiences as determined on an individual basis.