Diversity

The Field Experience Office plan for the placement of candidates is designed to ensure candidates are exposed to diverse settings and experience multiple environments in which they carry out a variety of course-related activities. Students are distributed across partner schools under eight education zones in the UAE, and across the different regions of the Emirates. These schools reflect diverse geographical locations – rural and urban – and provide candidates the opportunity to work with diverse students including boys and girls of varying academic levels, ethnicities and languages of instruction. Partner schools include students with special needs. A new FEO framework also targets having international experiences and considers collaboration with multicultural private schools. 

Practicum Program

Pre-requisites: Candidates in Elementary Education, Special Education, and Early Childhood Education Programs are admitted to Student Teaching (Clinical Practice/Internship) when they meet the following conditions:

1. Completion of 114 credit hours including college core courses, professional courses, and specialization courses.
2. Obtaining a minimum accumulative average grade point of 2.0.
3. Passing Basic Skill Test
4. Passing Content Exam

The sequence of field experiences

Field experiences allow students to develop the knowledge, attitude and skills that enable them to assume full responsibility for a classroom instruction. Along the program, students move through three phases:  

Phase 1 

The introductory and advanced (choosing to become a teacher)

This stage is characterized by the student’s choosing to become a teacher based on observation and reflection opportunities in K-12 settings and a learning community in university courses.

Phase 2  

learning and commitment (learning to become a teacher)

Gives students the opportunities to practice various aspects related to teaching in a diverse learning, such as lesson planning, teaching small groups or micro-teaching. Phase II of teacher education.

Phase 3 

The implementation and evaluation (becoming a teacher).

Gives student teachers the opportunity to work with outstanding school teachers in a cooperative relationship to test their teaching skills, in an active classroom and with students, as well as to strengthen any realized weakness.

Events

Students Placements

Registration

Registration processes

1. Registration for the practical education course takes place during the early registration period, that is, in the semester that precedes the semester of practical education.
2. Once the student registered on the practical education course, he/she can’t drop the course due to arrangements that will have been made (such as agreements with clinical schools, mentors, cooperating teachers and university faculty).
3. Registration must be done in the appropriate major of the student's specialization.
4. Submit a copy of the academic record listing all the courses that have been completed during the previous semesters before obtaining the signature of the supervisor.
5. Fill out the initial registration form for practical education before the practical training semester.
6. Fill out the clinical school selection form during the early registration period and submit it to the Field Experiences Office.

Contact Us

Field Experience Office

College of Education, UAEU

C1 Building, Office Number 2010 

Tel: 03-7136232

Email: FEO.CEDU@uaeu.ac.ae

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Amina Saeed AlHadrami	Senior Administrator	Aminah@uaeu.ac.ae	03-7136232
Muzoun Obaid Almaani	Project Coordinator	FEO.CEDU@uaeu.ac.ae	03-7134380

FAQs

How many hours student complete at practicum program? 

Practicum program students are required to complete 12 credited hours over one semester. 9 hours apply for the Field experience where the students do their training on site, and 3 hours for the capstone course.

How does the field experience office match students and schools?  

The field experience coordinator reviews the students’ application based on their three options and the school capacity to make the best match.

What applications should student submit to apply for practicum program?  

Student are required to submit the following documents two months earlier to the field experience coordinator,

• Introductory statement form
• Passport copy
• Emiratis ID copy
• Passport photo

Where the student can find educational information, student role, corporative teacher role and principal role?  

All education information is available in the field experience manual.