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Practicum Experience in Early Childhood Education

EDUC X 321.5

This is a 10-week elective for Early Childhood Education teachers who need a supervised practicum experience credit to earn a CA Child Development Teacher permit. This course is meant as a culminating experience, after completion of the UCLA Extension ECE Associate Teacher Certificate.

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What you can learn.

Spend 10 weeks in an ECE classroom honing your teaching practice
Get individualized feedback on your teaching from a University instructor and a skilled classroom mentor
Learn to create lesson plans and assess your impact on young children's learning and growth
Learn about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how to apply it
Develop the practice of teaching with equity, diversity and inclusion

About this course:

ECE students may take this course as a stand-alone, with pre-requisite courses in 1) child development and 2) ECE curriculum. Students will find an early childhood care and education site prior to starting the course and commit to two 3-hour shifts per week in the classroom. The classroom mentor teacher must hold an ECE permit at the Associate Teacher level or above. Sites should demonstrate a commitment to developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate practice, as well as to collaborative relationships with families/guardians.

Prerequisites

Completion of EDUC X 21 Child Development course and EDUC X 24 Introduction to Curriculum and Learning Environments course (or of equivalent courses from other recognized institutions) is a prerequisite for enrolling into this course. A minimum GPA of 3.0 in your ECE courses is required. The mentor teacher has to have a Master Teacher Child Development permit. Please send your transcripts to eceonline@uclaextension.edu to find out about the next steps to enroll and for help finding an ECE site.