ED 230 - ECE Field Placement III

5 Credits

Outline Effective Date 2024 Fall
15 (2024-2025)

Practicum Hours: 200
Course Description:
This first practicum in the second year emphasizes working with children, faculty and families. Students develop and operate a community-based children’s program where they plan and organize their day with guidance from supervising personnel. Students plan, implement, reflect on, and evaluate an early childhood play program, and participation individual and group feedback sessions. P/F.

Rationale:
This is a required course for Early Childhood Education diploma students. Work integrated learning provides students with opportunities to observe, develop, implement, and evaluate their interactions with children, families, and colleagues. This experience also allows for opportunities to apply knowledge gained in the Early Childhood Education program. Students use the College facilities to set up, implement and reflect on the early childhood program.

Prerequisites: Early Childhood Education Certificate.
Corequisites: Students must have completed or be in the process of successfully completing 4 second year courses including ED 243 with an overall GPA of 2.0 or greater.

Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate

respect for individuality
appropriate work ethics
self-motivation
stamina
positive interpersonal communication skills
appropriate programming skills
professional attitude
responsibility for materials

Appropriate guidance techniques design a quality program in terms of

program promotion and marketing
program schedules
statements of philosophy
appropriate materials
play environment
integrated curriculum
program feedback from families

Interact with

children
peers
families
instructors
other personnel

Evaluate the program in terms of

philosophy
interactions with peers
interactions with children and families
environment and organization

Evaluate self in terms of

time management skills
individual and group interpersonal skills
personal philosophy
planning and implementation skills
guidance techniques utilized

Provide constructive feedback for

individual performance program evaluation

Required Resource Materials:
Early Childhood Education course materials

Optional Resource Materials:
None

Conduct of Course:
Through practicum seminar and a four-week program, students design, implement, reflect on and evaluate an on-campus play program. The program operation is supervised by Early Childhood Education program instructors.

Regular attendance at seminars, program, set up and cleanup is necessary for success in the course. Absence for any reason does not relieve a student of the responsibility of completing course work. Absences require make up responsibilities in a childcare facility at the discretion of the instructors. Poor attendance may result in the failure of a student in the course.

In cases of repeated absences due to illness, the student will be requested to submit a medical certificate. Instructors have the authority to require attendance at classes.

Content of Course:
On Campus Early Childhood Education Play Program

Preparation
Implementation
Reflection
Evaluation

Course Assessments:
Students are evaluated through direct observation and constructive feedback from college supervisors, and families, based on the criteria outlined in the Practicum Evaluation.

Midterm Evaluation

This evaluation is designed to give students and supervisors an opportunity to discuss performance and suggestion for improvement. If a student is having serious difficulties by this time they may be requested to withdraw or may fail the practicum.

Final Mark

A Pass/Fail grade is awarded upon completion of the practicum

Course Pass Requirements:
A Pass/Fail grade is awarded upon completion of the practicum.