Dakota State University student Brooke Zoss is student teaching second grade and elementary and high school special education during the spring semester in the Madison School District in Madison.
Brooke is an elementary education and special education major from Letcher.
To be accepted into the teacher education program, students must maintain a 2.6 cumulative grade point average and a 2.7 in their major. They must successfully pass the Praxis Pre-Professional Skills Test and the Praxis content exam in their area of preparation and successfully complete all coursework and field experiences.
Candidates work in multi-cultural settings, special education classrooms, regular education classrooms and volunteer settings with K-12 children prior to acceptance into student teaching.
The majority of student teachers are placed in districts within a 60-mile radius of Madison. This semester DSU has student teachers placed in Arizona, Iowa and Wyoming.