PRESCHOOL SEMINAR: SUPPORTING A CULTURALLY SUSTAINING PEDAGOGY (ELR)

Catalog description

(Equivalent to ECED 30205 and ECED 40165 ) This course provides a reflective approach to make student teaching experience more valuable. Students develop and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports the cultural and linguistic diversity of the children at their preschool site. The course content will serve to extend, deepen, and integrate the individual student’s knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to the preschool competencies. There are field-based assignments in the course. This course is taken along with EYEC 22192 which requires a minimum of 180 field hours at an assigned preschool site. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their field site before beginning their field experience. Some sites may also require a clearance packet of related information and trainings. Both the seminar and the field experience must be successfully completed in order to move ahead into the advanced studies portion of the BSE Early Childhood Education Program. The seminar is constructed around the following Teacher Education Competencies: Inquiry cycle – observation/documentation/assessment, knowledge of child growth and development – typical and atypical, ecological systems perspectives regarding family and family/professional collaboration, planning for student learning, curriculum, instruction - teaching in the classroom, professional accountability and responsibility - developing professional skills during student teaching and advocacy for the child.