EDUC 438 - Clinical Practice in Early Childhood Education

(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in an early childhood classroom (grades PreK-3) for sixty (60) full days. The clinical practice intern works with a master teacher and college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated competency in the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received.