Early Childhood Student Teaching

Catalog description

The early childhood student teaching experience and related seminar provide an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and strategies related to teaching and learning in a classroom setting. Each student’s field experience is guided by a certified teacher and by a college supervisor. Students will develop teaching competencies while experiencing the personal and professional roles of a teacher. The seminar is an opportunity for students and faculty to discuss current issues and ideas related to early childhood education and to examine the relationship between these ideas and what they are experiencing in the classroom. This course requires 20 full days of student teaching in a Birth - K context. Prerequisites: EDUC 440 . Please note that to earn the Early Childhood Extension, the elementary student teaching experience must occur in either a first or second grade classroom.