CC 206 - Student Teaching & Seminar

Credit Hours: 6

Supervised student teaching experience in one Early Childhood Education center for a minimum of 135 hours. A capstone course, students will continue to interact with and observe young children. They will also plan, implement, and assess developmentally appropriate interactions and a final capstone project. The seminar and assignments are designed to support students in their field experiences. Students will also create a professional portfolio.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of student teaching and seminar, the student will be able to:

demonstrate further understanding of development of children within the context of family and culture;
demonstrate competency in observing children and writing objective observations in the classroom, assess children based on these observations, and plan for them accordingly;
plan, write, organize, implement, and assess complete appropriate activities for young children aligned with related early learning standards. Students are encouraged to implement emergent curriculum wherever possible;
demonstrate the interconnectedness of the Early Childhood Theory they have learned and appropriate child-centered learning through the creation, implementation, assessment and seminar presentation of a capstone project that has a family partnership component;
reflect, evaluate and assess their strengths and weaknesses;
demonstrate competency in all Early Childhood classroom routines and guidance techniques; and
demonstrate professionalism.

Prerequisites: CC 200, CC 201, CC 202, CC 203, CC 205, CC 250 or by permission of the department.
F/S (C)

Can be taken at the same time as CC 204.