ECE 260 - Early Childhood Education Practicum

3 Credit Hours

As culmination to the Early Childhood Education programs, students are assigned 150 hours of field related experience with a cooperating teacher in an approved early childhood setting. Students will demonstrate competencies in planning, implementing, and managing a developmentally appropriate program linked to the PA standards. Experiences in this course are designed to provide overall assessment of the student’s ability to integrate program competencies. A comprehensive portfolio designed to document how students meet program competencies will be developed in this course. This class is linked with ECE 261 as a corequisite. Petition approval of advisor required.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 115, ECE 120, ECE 105 or ECE 125, ECE 220, PSY 210 (a grade of “C” or better in each course is necessary)

Semesters Offered: Spring