I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Internship

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CDEV 2210

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits - Variable: 1-6

4. Course Description:

This course provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and skill in an actual child development setting. Students will observe and assess children’s behavior, facilitate free choice play, implement adult-directed learning experiences, and maintain professional relationships.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Early Childhood Education Transfer Pathway A.S.
Early Childhood Education A.A.S.
Early Childhood Education Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written communication skills	Demonstrate reflective practice by evaluating the effects of one’s choices and actions on others, including children, parents, and other professionals in the learning community.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Plan, design and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences that teach and promote respect for individual differences.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Research and describe how to develop a learning community in which individual differences are respected.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Plan, design, and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences and goals that meet preprimary aged children’s physiological needs based on assessed emerging level of physical development (TECE 3.C.7.f);
• Plan, design and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences and goals based on assessed emerging level of creative development that build children’s confidence, creativity, imagination, personal expression of thoughts and feelings, initiative, and persistence in task completion (TECE 3.C.8.b);
• Document and describe how learning experiences are or could be adapted to a child’s approach to learning, diverse backgrounds, and/or exceptionalities (SEP 3.Q);
• Research and describe how to develop a learning community in which individual differences are respected (SEP 3.Q);
• Plan, design and implement developmentally appropriate learning experiences that teach and promote respect for individual differences (SEP 3.Q);
• Research and utilize instructional strategies that encourage children’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills (SEP 4.E);
• Demonstrate flexibility and reciprocity in the teaching process as necessary for adapting instruction to student responses, ideas, and needs (SEP 4.E);
• Demonstrate an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior by documenting and evaluating a learning environment and experiences that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation (SEP 5.M);
• Demonstrate engaging learning experiences based on children’s interests, which allow them to have choices in their learning, and leading them to ask questions and pursue problems that are meaningful to them and their learning (SEP 5.M);
• Demonstrate reflective practice by evaluating the effects of one’s choices and actions on others, including children, parents, and other professionals in the learning community (SEP 9.C);
• Observe and reflect on the influence of adult behavior on child growth and learning (SEP 9.C);
• Reflect on how to engage in and support appropriate professional practices for self and colleagues (SEP 9.G);
• Display and reflect on professional responsibilities including collaboration with other professionals, and need to engage in and support appropriate professional practices for oneself and colleagues to improve the overall learning environment for children (SEP 10.G);
• Communicate, interact, and collaborate effectively with parents or guardians, families, colleagues, and the community to support children’s learning, well-being, and the overall learning environment (SEP 10.G).

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Students meet with instructor late in Fall semester prior to the Spring course to review assignments, paperwork, host site requirements, general procedures, and observations. 
2. A completed, passed background study is required to begin at a lab site.
3. Students complete 135 hours of on the job training supervised by teacher in a licensed program.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. CLC Instructor observes the internship student on at least one occasion.
• Students meet with instructor following registration and a completed, passed background study.
• Assignments and general procedures will be reviewed
• Students complete 135 hours of on the job training supervised by teacher in a licensed or school based program
2. Contact and Arrange an Instructor Approved Lab Site
• Interpersonal Skills and Professionalism
3. Provide and Explain all Internship Paperwork and assignments to Supervising Site
• Interpersonal Skills and Professionalism
4. Attend a site within the mileage parameters given by the instructor during the time arranged for a total of 135 hours.
• Be on Time
• Appropriate Dress for Working with Children and Families
5. Observe and Participate in Learning Experiences
• Observe and Practice Professionalism, Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the Code of Ethics
• Appropriate Interactions with Children and Staff
• Practice Confidentiality
6. Complete Assignments as Listed in the Syllabi and as Arranged with the Supervising Site
7. Communicate with the Supervising site and Instructor as needed.
• Interpersonal Skills and Professionalism
• Ask Questions in a Professional Manner when more Direction is needed or there is a lack of Understanding.
8. Request appropriate job description, assistant teacher, teacher, paraprofessional. Provide copy in binder. If none are available, please type up a description given to you verbally by your site supervisor.
9. Daily schedule of the internship site
• checklist of daily schedule components
10. Observation/checklist of free play evaluation time sample observation 
11. Newsletter prepared by internship student
12. Reflective practice journal (one entry per week)
13. Curriculum evaluation checklist
14. Anti-bias checklist
15. “Authentic Learning” checklists
16. Curriculum including lesson plans for one week of programming
• One week of lessons planned and/or implemented during internship. If unable to implement the plan/lessons, you still need to submit a plan and lessons created by you that would match the program schedule and developmental age of children enrolled.
17. Field trip form used at internship program OR guest speaker form
18. Bulletin board or photo of bulletin board
19. Celebration event evaluation form
20. Conference report form: one blank and one completed by internship student
21. Completion of "Environmental Rating Scale" appropriate to type of classroom and reflection paper 
22. Document health/safety/nutrition practices and record in written form. 
23. Examples of transition activities as they relate to daily schedule
24. Describe the guidance techniques used and the effectiveness of them.
25. Closure plan
26. Student self-evaluation
27. Supervising teacher evaluation
28. Time sheet/signed by supervisor