Catalog 2024-2025 
    
    Sep 16, 2024  
Catalog 2024-2025

ECED& 120 Practicum - Nurturing Relationships

2 credits
In an early learning setting, students will engage in establishing nurturing, supportive relationships with all children and professional peers. This course will focus on children’s health & safety, promoting growth & development, and creating a culturally responsive environment.

Prerequisites: ABED 40  or AHSE 56  (or placement into MATH 87  or AHSE 66  or higher) and ABED 46  (or placement into ENGL 93  or higher)

Corequisites: ECED& 105  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Describe the characteristics of nurturing relationships built between teachers and children.
  • Practice ideals of professionalism in work with children, families and peers.
  • Recognize cultural responsiveness when observing professionals and programs.
  • Identify practices that promote health, safety, growth and development of children.

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcome:

  • apply developmentally appropriate guidance techniques

Total Hours: 40 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 10 Field-Based Experience (Practicum or Internship) Hours: 30