Early Childhood Pre-Student Teaching Birth - Kindergarten

Catalog description

This course provides the early childhood education candidate with an opportunity to relate theory to practice in two early childhood settings throughout the course of the semester including a placement in an infant or toddler classroom and a placement in a preschool or kindergarten classroom. Students will apply developmentally appropriate best practices for instructional planning, assessment, and implementation strategies. Students will differentiate play-based learning for diverse children in all areas of development, form family partnerships, collaborate with an educational team, and will demonstrate professionalism as they complete pre-student teaching requirements. The pre-student teaching experience in both placements includes a period of reflective and collaborative observation, the development of a context for learning, mentorship through co-teaching, and culminates with a cycle of unit planning, instruction, assessment, feedback, and revision. Prerequisite: minimum score of 01 in 'Upper Division Status'.