ECED 485 Residency Seminar (3 to 9 credits)

2. Prepare and submit all required documents and materials for the edTPA.

3. Research P-3 jobs and prepare appropriate materials to successfully obtain a teaching position.

4. Describe community and school resources and methods for referral, both internal and external to your placement, that support students’ learning and well-being.

5. Improve practice through the use of appropriate professional literature, organizations, resources, and experiences.

6. Use the results of assessments and evaluation to create a Professional Growth and Development Plan for the first year of teaching.

7. Describe the legal and ethical obligation to report suspected abuse and neglect and research schools’ policies and procedures on mandated reporting.

8. Identify current issues and trends within the field of early childhood special education and the theoretical perspectives behind them.

9. Identify evidence-based classroom practices that support children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse.

10. Evaluate possible solutions to critical issues within the student teaching experience.

11. Analyze teaching practices and experience through classroom discussions, readings, and reflection.

12. Reflect on current classroom events in order to advocate for self, children, families, and colleagues with regard to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

13. Create and implement a self-care plan.

Degree Outcomes
Professionalism: The candidate demonstrates professionalism by accessing professional organizations and publications to ensure practices are consistent with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and Council for Exceptional Children/Division of Early Childhood (CEC/DEC) Codes of Ethics, applicable laws, policies, and regulations.

Reflective Teaching: The candidate, in collaboration with colleagues, regularly analyzes, evaluates, and synthesizes his/her teaching practice to make appropriate changes that more fully serve each and every infant and/or young child and their family.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 90
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 90