ECED 2365 - Final Practicum

3 sem cr hrs

Final Practicum is a supervised clinical experience with a minimum of 15 clock hours in instruction and 90 clock hours in a Clinical Site approved by the Department (accredited agency, 3-star, or Department-approved site). Up to 45 hours may be completed in the student’s employment site with Department approval. Focuses on the student’s demonstration of competencies that produce positive developmental outcomes for young children ages birth through eight. (Formerly ECED 2160)

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UN

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

• create effective lessons that are developmentally appropriate and address multiple domains.
• devise methods that encourage family participation.
• use professional resources to guide future teaching and learning.
• create a professional portfolio.
• develop a philosophy of education.
• successfully document children’s progress.

NAEYC Initial Standards

The following standards will be addressed in this course:

• Standard 1: Promoting Child Development and Learning Revised August 2013
  • 1c: Using developmental knowledge to create healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environments for young children
• Standard 2: Building Family and Community Relationships
  • 2c: Involving families and communities in young children’s development and learning
• Standard 3: Observing, documenting and assessing to support young children and families
  • 3b. Knowing about and using observation, documentation, and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches, including the use of technology in documentation, assessment and data collection
  • 3c: Understanding and practicing responsible assessment to promote positive outcomes for each child, including the use of assistive technology for children with disabilities
• Standard 4: Using Developmentally effective approaches
  • 4c: Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate teaching/learning approaches
  • 4d: Reflecting on own practice to promote positive outcomes for each child
• Standard 5: Using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
  • 5a: Understanding content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines: language and literacy; the arts – music, creative movement, dance, drama, visual arts; mathematics; science; physical activity, physical education, health and safety; and social studies
  • 5c: using own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to design, implement and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum for each child