Dec 06, 2025  
Fall 2025 - Summer 2026 Academic Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 - Summer 2026 Academic Catalog

ECE 271 - Early Childhood Practicum 1

2 Credits

This 80-hour practicum experience accompanies the course Observation and Assessment. Students contribute to the daily life of an early childhood classroom while working alongside mentor teachers.  To learn about and support children in a group setting, students participate in observation and documentation based on the Prospect Descriptive Processes. Students practice techniques of authentic assessment to support children’s development and learning.

Notes: This course is associated/linked with the lecture course ECE 270 - Observation and Assessment  

Prerequisites: ENG 101-Ready and READ 105-Ready
Corequisite: ECE 270 - Observation and Assessment  
Pre or Corequisites: ECE 170 - Early Childhood Development  and ECE 171 - Foundations of Early Childhood .