Introduction to Focus on Pre-K
Course #: ECHD 455
Description:
This course is designed to prepare students to effectively implement the Focus on Pre-K curriculum in early childhood classrooms. Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, and experiences to implement curriculum and assess children’s development using the guiding principles and instructional practices of the Boston Public School Focus on Pre-K curriculum. Students will develop a child-centered pedagogy to support whole child development by simultaneously addressing social-emotional and academic skills and valuing cultural, linguistic, and developmental diversity. Students will learn to utilize high-quality, developmentallyappropriate teaching strategies and will deepen their understanding of curriculum components, quality elements, and scope and sequence of the curriculum through standards-based lesson design and individual coaching sessions.
Pre Requisites: