EDUC 9400 - Practicum in Early Childhood

3 cr.

Teacher candidates will complete a semester long practicum or student teaching experience in two early childhood classrooms. Candidates will spend at least 100 hours in a Prek/K classroom, and at least 200 hours in a First or Second Grade classroom, under the guidance of a university supervisor and under the direction of a supervising practitioner who has an early childhood education license. The candidates will complete the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) process to demonstrate competency required for licensure.

Although candidates need to be placed in two different classrooms settings, the goal is to have teacher candidates complete both placements and one Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP), to be in one school.

This course is taken in conjunction with SPED 9004 and is required for all early childhood education initial licensure candidates.

Corequisite(s): SPED 9004