Residency I - Practitioner Early Childhood Education

Catalog description

The yearlong residency (2 semesters) is the culminating experience the Early Childhood Education program. It occurs only upon completion of all professional coursework associated with the ECE specialization. In a school setting, residents demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they have learned throughout the program for which they are seeking certification and/or degree. Residents observe, assess, plan, teach using differentiated instruction, reflect on teaching practices, and analyze the impact on student achievement while adhering to all the State’s guidelines for residency. In addition, residents meet with their mentor teacher and university faculty member throughout the semester, attend a series of seminars, participate in professional development opportunities offered by the university, and engage in action research over their course of study. When a candidate completes residency as a student teacher resident, they are directly supervised and supported by a classroom mentor teacher and a university faculty member. All residency requirements are within the guidelines of Bulletin 746 – Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel approved by BESE. Pre-Requisites: all courses in the program preceding residency courses or permission of Director.