Course: EED 559D. Clinical Practice Seminar: Early Childhood Education (2)
Prerequisite: EPC 430. Pre/Corequisites: EED 520, EED 565M, EED 555, SPED 402EC, EPC 634, SPED 431, EPC 683 or SPED 535, EPC 642 or SPED 520EC, and EED 560EC and/or EED 560ECU. This course is a two-unit supervised fieldwork seminar for PK-3 Credential candidates. The seminar provides opportunities for candidates to reflect upon and analyze fieldwork experiences in grade PreK-TK, and grades K-3. Student teachers and interns learn to (1) assess their needs; (2) gather data; (3) analyze results; (4) problem solve; (5) modify teaching practices; and (6) determine implications of their experience for future instruction. Seminar content will be organized around the eight Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs) which are aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP). Students begin to develop competency in these domains in the areas of reading/language arts and mathematics during the first semester supervised fieldwork experience and are reflected in the Classroom Teaching Profile (CTP) used to evaluate teacher candidates in their clinical practice. Discussion and assignments in the seminar are designed to further promote students’ developing competencies in these Domains. The seminar will promote teacher candidates’ rehearsal of the Teaching Event of the adopted Teacher Performance Assessment. This course is taken concurrently with the first semester of supervised clinical practice. (Credit/No-Credit only)