SMaRT (Substituting with Mentors and Realistic Teaching)

Program Overview

This program is designed to provide additional classroom experience for education majors. You must be a Florida Atlantic University student with at least 60 credits of completed course work in order to qualify and be accepted to this program.

Program Features

• Places you in the same school, the same day each week, with the same mentor.
• Includes an orientation to introduce you to school policy and procedures
• Familiarizes you with school resources, environment, and faculty.
• Provides you a mentor teacher who assists you with interpreting lesson plans and classroom management.
• Offers you opportunities to teach in your area of specialization, or closely related areas.
• Supports your development with confidence, a comfort level, and a feeling of consistency.
• Pays you to substitute.