ECED& 120 Practicum: Focus on Relationships (2 credits)
Formerly ECE 222
Prerequisite ECED& 105 with a 2.0 or higher or concurrent enrollment.
Course Description
In an early learning setting apply best practice for engaging in nurturing relationships with children. Focus on keeping children healthy and safe while promoting growth and development.
Course Content
A. Professionalism and ethics in the workplace B. Communication strategies C. Collaborative team work / cultural and individual diversity D. Guidance theory and strategies E. Building relationships.
Student Outcomes
1. Describe the characteristics of nurturing relationships built between teachers and children.2. Practice ideals of professionalism in work with children, families and peers. 3. Recognize cultural responsiveness when observing professionals and programs. 4. Identify practices that promote health, safety, growth and development of children.
Degree Outcomes
STANDARD 4 Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices
Early childhood educators understand that teaching and learning with young children is a complex enterprise, and its details vary depending on children’s ages and characteristics and on the settings in which teaching and learning occur. They (a) understand and demonstrate positive, caring, supportive relationships and interactions as the foundation for their work with young children. They (b) understand and use teaching skills that are responsive to the learning trajectories of young children and to the needs of each child. Early childhood educators (c) use a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate and culturally and linguistically relevant, anti-bias, and evidence-based teaching approaches that reflect the principles of universal design for learning.
4a: Understand and demonstrate positive, caring, supportive relationships and interactions as the foundation of early childhood educators’ work with young children.
4b: Understand and use teaching skills that are responsive to the learning trajectories of young children and to the needs of each child, recognizing that differentiating instruction, incorporating play as a core teaching practice, and supporting the development of executive function skills are critical for young children.
4c: Use a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate, culturally and linguistically relevant, anti-bias, evidence-based teaching skills and strategies that reflect the principles of universal design for learning.
Effective Communication
Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.
Lecture Contact Hours 5
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 45
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Journal
B. Self-evaluation
C. Supervisor evaluation
D. Design and analysis of guidance strategies
E. Observations/assessment
F. Role play
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