Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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  1. NAU
  2. State Authorization Compliance
  3. Experiential learning

Experiential learning

Students learning in the field

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Experiential learning is:

  1. Supervised field experience where a student is engaged in a learning experience under the oversight of a supervisor, mentor, faculty member or other qualified professional, located in the host state, who has a direct or indirect reporting responsibility to the institution where the student is enrolled. Examples include practica, student teaching, or internships; or
  2. An independent off-campus study by an individual student not engaged in a supervised field experience. Whether or not credit is granted or pay is received is irrelevant.

(Independent off-campus study by individual students not engaged in a supervised field experience is exempt from requirements of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) compact and does not constitute a physical presence of a postsecondary institution in a SARA member state. However, in non-SARA states, an independent study may be deemed a physical presence.)