ECED 647 - Leadership/Inquiry Internship in Early Education

Credit(s): 2 semester hours to be repeated in 1 or more settings for 6 hours
This course allows students, in an approved field setting, to build their capacities as curriculum leaders, advocates for young children and their families, and program development and policy leaders. In addition to fieldwork in a field setting, the course involves seminar participation and a field inquiry process for examining beliefs and practices. Placements may occur in an early childhood program (birth to grade 2) or in a community agency or organization, which affects early childhood policy at the regional, state, or national level. Prior to registration, students must complete an application and negotiate with the field site supervisor approximately four inquiry objectives to be achieved while in the placement. A professionally reflective journal, recording events, ideas, and steps toward achieving these objectives, will be kept and a field inquiry report, analyzing these experiences, will be completed and presented in the seminar.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of required foundations courses and early education pedagogical content courses (EDUC 501 or EDUC 503, EDUC 504, ECED 541, ECED 542, ECED 543, ECED 544, ECED 546.