ECTC 2603 - Practicum

Common Course Number: ECTC 26003
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lab
Offered: Spring

Students must be employed or volunteer in a licensed childcare facility to apply the knowledge acquired and skills learned in previous coursework. Observation of the student’s work and evaluation of student skills are conducted by instructors following the NAEYC Associate Standards. Students must demonstrate competency in all areas observed and complete a minimum number of clock hours, determined by the institution, of observation and work experience with children birth to five. An emphasis will be on the observation of physical, cognitive, language, social, and emotional development in connection with previous courses. This class is taken in the student’s final semester.

Prerequisite: ECED 1411 - Early Childhood Field Experience II, ECTC 2403 - Math And Science For Early Childhood, ECTC 2503 - Child Guidance, and ECTC 2703 - Preschool Curriculum (Birth - Pre-K)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: ECTC 2303 - Literacy And Language Arts For Early Childhood