This is designed to be the final course you will take before completeing your certificate.  The prerequisites are CDES 110, 113, 114 and 115 but it is highly reccomended that you also complete complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:

Psych 7 - Human development

Soc 15 -Child, Family and Community

CDES 111 - Guidance

CDES 120 - Observation of Young Children

Some combination of the curriculum classes

This is a 5 credit class.  In addition to meeting for 3 hours weekly in the college classroom, you will be assigned to work with a qualified Mentor Teacher in an accredited preschool site for 6 hours weekly (total of 90 hours for the semester).   

If you are considering taking this class, please contact me before the semester beings to obtain a Student Information Form and set up a placment interview.   This will ensure that you are ready to begin your student teaching placement on time. 

Texts needed:

Learning Together with Young Children by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, Redleaf Press. ISBN 978-1-929610-97-6

Spreading the News: Sharing Stories of Early Childhood Education by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, Redleaf Press, ISBN 978-1-884834-14-1

To review a copy of a sample syllabus, click here