The field experience integrates literacy instruction and special education; highlighting means of supporting students who are struggling readers and students whose literacy problems may be rooted in mild to moderate disability. Each student is required to complete a minimum of 100 hours of field experience in B-6 literacy and special education settings. Fifty hours targets literacy instruction and 50 focuses on special education. Students are observed by university faculty; document field hours with cooperating teachers; complete specific course assignments within the field placement; and participate in a seminar. A program portfolio is the culminating assignment.