ECE 393 Early Childhood Practicum Experience

4 credit hours

This Clinical Field Internship Experience is intended to be a capstone experience performed by the candidate in a supervised early childhood special education setting. The candidate will observe, assist, and teach young children, under the supervision and guidance of mentor teachers. There are opportunities for the internship in settings with children aged 0-5 years, special education classrooms and with families from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The candidate is supervised by on-site personnel and observed by university faculty. Requirements include daily journal entries/reflections, comprehensive observations, lesson plans, curriculum resources and evaluations. A minimum of 200 internships hours are required.

Prerequisite: By Permission
Corequisite: ECE 392 Professional Seminar in Early Childhood Education
Course is Offered: Every FA and WI