ECE 590 Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education

Students in this course complete a full-day experience student teaching in K-3 level for 11-12 weeks. Weekly seminars are conducted for all student teachers and topics include problems, issues and concerns of beginning teachers. Successful completion of this experience is based on a wide variety of competencies including full responsibility for a classroom over an extended period (at least two weeks) during the term. This course is the culminating experience for early childhood majors seeking licensing in the state of Illinois. Pre-requisite(s): All coursework must be completed before student teaching. Passage of the ECE Content Test (#107) is required. Students are required to submit a current (no more than 6 months old) criminal background check and TB test to their academic advisors along with a Certificate of Completion for the Mandated Reporter course. FND 503, EPS 500A, FND 502, ECE 580 and at least one pre-primary methods course. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 semester hours