TED 635 - Field Based Practicum in Early Childhood Education

Units: 2
Culminating course in ECE fieldwork. Clinical supervision model. Community advocacy project.

Prerequisites: All of: TED 630, TED 631, TED 632, TED 633.
Co-requisites: TED 634.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Develop personal skills in leadership.
Demonstrate development as a professional educator.
Employ reflection as a tool for self-improvement.
Engage in professional development through advocacy at local agency.
Identify, describe, and evaluate a variety of factors and contemporary issues that influence curricula birth through 8-years-old.
Demonstrate appropriate content knowledge, pedagogy, and skills necessary to help all students from birth through 8-years-old.
Develop leadership skills to become an advocate and mentor for diverse family and student learning.
Use a variety of bibliographic tools to write a comprehensive review of the literature for a topic of professional interest in Early Childhood Education.
Complete an action research project investigating a topic in Early Childhood Education.
This course aligns with the following institutional learning outcomes: Thinking and Reasoning, Communication, Diversity, Collaboration, Sustainability, Specialized Education.