ECD 280 — Fieldwork in Early Childhood Development (Birth to 36 months)
This course is designed to give the student experience implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) in an early childhood settings for Infants, toddlers, and two-year-olds (twos). Under the supervision of an experienced early childhood teacher, each student will develop basic interaction, guidance, observation and assessment techniques. These will include planning for a responsive environment based on infant, toddler and twos development. Lesson plans will be developed and then implemented at the field placement site. The student will spend a minimum of 90 hours at the fieldwork site. Students will assemble a professional portfolio which should include accomplishments from the early childhood program.
Prerequisites: ECD 190, ECD 202