UMass Boston

Internship in Early Education & Care

Course #: ECHD 290, Class #: 10090, Section #: 03

Description

This course provides individuals with an opportunity to apply their knowledge of child development and teachings techniques to practice as they delve into early childhood education through a supervised internship. Students will demonstrate their ability to facilitate learning through active involvement and interaction with children, parents, and other professionals as they plan, implement, and evaluate programs for young children. Students mush teach in an early childhood education program a minimum of 10 hours per week for a total of 150 hours per semester and attend weekly seminars. Students must also set up weekly conferences with their cooperating teacher and arrange three on-site supervised visits in which university staff will observe and then conferences with the student and cooperating teacher.

Prerequisites

Prereq: ECHD 201 & ECHD 211 & ECHD 221