34 CEDARVILLE COLLEGE Students who are preparing to teach at the elementary level are re– quired to do approximately one half of their student teaching in the City of Xenia and the remainder in one of the county schools. Students specializing at the secondary level will gain their student teaching experience in Xenia High School or in other high schools of the surrounding area. Insofar as is possible, observation, participation, and responsible teaching is done in both city and county school systems. PREREQUISITES FOR STUDENT TEACHING 1. Proficiency in oral and written English. This requirement may be satisfied by the attainment of a mark of "C" or better in English 101-102, and in Speech 101. The Director of Student Teaching may, however, re– quire remedial work in either English grammar or speech, or both, for those students with obvious defects in habits of oral and written expression. 2. Psychological and Physical Fitness. During his college career, each student is expected to give evidence of a wholesome personality, including such traits as tact, fairness, dependability, professional interest, cooperative– ness, adaptability, and high moral standards. A recommendation by the student's major advisor regarding the student's physical and scholastic ·fit– ness is also required for student teaching. 3. Specific Scholastic Requirements. Student teacher applicants must have an accumulative point average of at least 2.00 in all courses taken. In addition, an average of at least 2.50 is required in all prescribed professional courses, exclusive of student teaching. Student teachers specializing at the secondary level must have at least a 2.75 average in their major teaching field. A mark of "C" or above must be attained in each course applied to a minor teaching field. Student teachers at the elementary level must attain a 2.75 average in all elementary methods courses. The above averages must be held by students before their applications to do student teaching will be considered, and these averages must be maintained during the period in which they are doing their student teaching. These requirements are effec– tive with the class entering September, 1951. 4. Other Requirements. Specific requirements regarding hours of stu– dent teaching, scholastic mark in student teaching, academic load permitted for student teachers, time and procedure for applying for student teaching, extent of student teaching experience, and prescribed professional course sequence should be ascertained from the Director of Student Teaching be– fore the student begins his work as a student teacher. STUDENT TEACHING FOR THOSE IN THE DUAL CURRICULUM Students who are completing the requirements for both elementary and s_econdary school certificates are required to complete a total of ten semester hours of student teaching, five hours at each level.
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