Early Childhood Internship

Catalog description

This course focuses on developing candidates' expertise in early childhood development, learning, and intervention in a professional practicum experience. This supervised practicum will occur in home, community, or school-based programs that focus on children and families prenatal to 8 years, or a particular subset of that age range. Experiences will be based on the implementation of an individual professional development plan aligned to the candidate's professional goals. These plans include competencies in leadership, interagency and cross-system collaboration, family-professional partnerships, and fostering positive child learning experiences.