ECED-58200 Clinical Practice Internship & Seminar: Early Childhood Education

This course is designed for licensed teachers who do not have an approved teaching experience within the P-2 early childhood environment or those teaching with a temporary license. The purpose of this clinical experience is to assist the candidates in applying their theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills to the diverse and inclusive early childhood classroom. Candidates engage in a guided, 8-week full-time teaching experience under the supervision of a mentor teacher and a university supervisor.  Candidates will be evaluated on their developmentally appropriate instruction of students, including planning, classroom management and assessment.  Attendance at Clinical Practice Seminar is required.  For those seeking Illinois licensure, evidence of successful completion of appropriate State of Illinois content area test must be received in the Department of Education prior to student teaching.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ECED 50400; 3.0 GPA; Admission to clinical practice; all required content, methods and field experience course work completed; and a negative TB test on file.

Notes

Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education Committees.