Mentored Teaching Fldwk B-PreK

Prerequisite: Three of the five 300-level courses in the major; ECPK 420 (formerly ECPK 490); and ECPK 480, which must be taken concurrently; minimum 2.5 GPA both overall and in the major; formal application required This course involves field experience in an approved early childhood setting, Birth-K, which may be the student's workplace, but rarely a public-school classroom. Students also attend scheduled seminars. The practicum is at least four weeks long and requires a minimum of 100 documented hours working with children while being supervised by an assigned college supervisor and by a licensed, site-based cooperating practitioner. (Formerly ECPK 491)