ECCE195 Practicum I provides the learner with practical experience in an early childhood centre. Students integrate learning and demonstrate skills in interpersonal communication, observing and recording children's responses and abilities, program planning, guiding and caring and growing professional awareness. Seminars are scheduled for reflective discussion of practicum learning.
Prerequisites: ECCE 168, ECCE 178, ECCE 186, ECCE 188, HSER 174, PSYC 100, with a minimum of 60%, and a GPA of 2.0 Note: Pre-requisites may be waived with the permission of the Instructor.
Corequisite: ECCE 193, FAM 180
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 140 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | ~0.8 |
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| Other | ~8.5 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of an early childhood educator and cultivate a reflective practice
- Develop nurturing respectful relationships with children, families, and colleagues
- Collaborate with children and colleagues to create and implement culturally responsive curriculum
- Communicates in a friendly and respectful manner with children, families, colleagues and others
- Recognize relevant guiding documents and theories in practice
- Listen to children’s ideas, theories and interests to support documenting and planning
- Participate respectfully in established program routines, rituals and procedures
- Assist in the health and safety needs of children in a variety of environments
- Explore a range of appropriate and positive guidance strategies
Grading Table
Competency-based Grades
This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.
| Grade |
Description |
| AAV |
ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits. |
| COM |
COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course |
| CRG |
CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course. |
| NCG |
NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory. |
| PCG |
PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course. |
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Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.