EEC 4948 - Early Childhood Education Internship

College of Education

Credit(s): 4
Contact Hours: 240
Effective Term Summer 2019 (560)

Requisites

Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)
Early Childhood Education subplan and
Completion of program requirements

Course Description

This course requires students to demonstrate competency on the first six standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). As a culminating experience to their program of study, students will complete an internship at a licensed early childhood center or setting approved by the College of Education, which may be the student’s employment site. (Note: This course requires 240 field experience hours and seminars.)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. Students will examine child development and learning by:
    1. Describing young children’s diverse characteristics and needs, from birth through age 4.
    2. Explaining the multiple theories on early development and learning.
    3. Designing healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging learning environments for young children.
  2. Students will develop family and community relationships that support every child’s development and learning by:
    1. Identifying characteristics and values of diverse families and communities.
    2. Defining strategies to support and engage families and communities.
    3. Defining and implementing activities to engage families and communities in young children's development and learning.
  3. Students will evaluate a variety of assessment strategies to determine the effectiveness of an early childhood program by:
    1. Explaining the goals, benefits, and purpose of assessment.
    2. Identifying appropriate assessments for early childhood education such as observation and documentation.
  4. Students will identify and apply ways to connect with children and their families by:
    1. Describing how supportive relationships and positive interactions form the foundation of effective early childhood programs.
    2. Comparing effective tools and strategies to help young children learn and develop.
    3. Distinguishing the use of various learning formats based on their understanding of children as individuals.
    4. Using developmental appropriate approaches, instructional strategies, and tools to connect with children and their families.
  5. Students will model curriculum that promotes comprehensive learning outcomes for every child by:
    1. Identifying content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines useful to planning early childhood lessons.
    2. Identifying resources to select and analyze early childhood curriculum in each content area for all children.
    3. Designing and implementing lessons and activities to engage children.
  6. Students will identify ways to participate in continuous professional improvement and apply ethical guidelines in early childhood settings by:
    1. Explaining how to learning experiences connect to current research issues and trends in the field of early childhood.
    2. Analyzing ethical guidelines related to early childhood programs and procedures.
    3. Describing how continuous, collaborative learning informs their practice.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550).
C&I Approval: 02/14/2019, BOT Approval: 03/19/2019, Effective Term: Summer 2019 (560)

Related Programs

  1. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (665) (Draft)
  2. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (660) (Active)
  3. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (610) (Draft)