Early Childhood Practicum Field Infants/Toddlers, Preschool, and K-3 Setting

Catalog description

This course is a supervised practicum to provide teacher candidates with extensive clinical experience working with young children in Early Childhood programs from Infants/Toddlers, Preschool and Kindergarten - 3rd-grade settings and their families. Candidates observe, plan, and implement activities for typically and atypically developing children and those from diverse cultures, over the 16-week session. Settings may include daycare, preschool, early intervention, or elementary school settings. Teacher candidates will have the opportunity to observe occupational, physical and speech therapists working with young children and their families. This course requires the clinical component to be a minimum of 36 hours.