2024-2025 Catalog

ECE-253 ECE Director Practicum

This course provides students with an extensive clinical field experience in early childhood administration in a qualified early childhood setting working with a childcare center director, staff, young children, and families. Emphasis is placed on the real-world application of principles, practices, and theories of early childhood education and care (birth through age 8). This experience is evaluated and under the guidance of the classroom teacher/supervisor and the college instructor. Students will complete a minimum of 300 documented contact hours to be eligible for the State of Illinois Director Level 1 Credential. Fee is required. (20 contact hours)

Credits

3

Corequisite

ECE-257

Department

Social Science