ECED-105L School Age Development and Education Lab

Credits 0 / 2 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into RDNG-030 (ACSR-030), completion of ELAP-110 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or successful completion of RDNG-016 or ACLT-074 with a minimum grade of 3.0; Students must have current Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry (CA/NR) clearance or LARA eligibility letter obtained from the Michigan Department of Human Services to be presented in the first class. A copy must be on file in the Fine Arts/Social Sciences Office, MMB 2005. Students must meet all state licensing health requirements prior to start of their lab experience. Must have transportation to/from lab worksite. Students may be required by selected lab site to have completed a physical and/or TB testing. Student will need access to computer, storage device for assignments, and transportation to/from lab site. Co-Requisite: ECED 105
This course requires participation online and an outside 45 hour lab in an approved state licensed or accredited school-age classroom which must be completed simultaneously with ECED-105 The School Age Development and Education course. Lab hours will be completed weekly, 3 consecutive hours, same day/same class. Lab assignments will be made with collaboration of course instructor.

Course Outcomes
I. GOAL - Students in the “The School Age Child” lab will be able to develop an understanding of the developmental domains and how they are integrated into a school age classroom.

OBJECTIVES:

1. The student will be able to distinguish the differences between the developmental domains (physical, social, cognitive, creative, emotional, communication) and explain how they are integrated into school age curriculum.

2. The student will be able to plan one developmentally appropriate activity for each of the following developmental areas: cognitive, physical, creative, and literacy.

3. The student will be able to provide equipment, activities, and experiences that encourage questioning, probing, hypothesizing, problem solving, and analysis of data. Learner will provide written and video submissions demonstrating competence in the following:

a. Learner develops experiences to integrate reading and writing

Learning Objectives:

1. Learner will demonstrate integrating reading and writing experiences

2. Learner will analyze books, stories and poems

3. Learner will compare room arrangements and routines that support integrating literacy

b. Learner will apply fundamental concepts, attitudes and skills of math

Learning Objectives:

1. Learner will demonstrate activities to support ordering, serration and pattering

2. Learner will analyze experiences that include volume, weight, length and temperature

3. Learner will compare activities that support understanding of time

4. Learner will demonstrate the use of graphs and symbols with school age children

II. GOAL - The students in the “The School Age Child” lab will develop an understanding of methods and/or techniques used to build relationships with parents in a school-age classroom.

OBJECTIVES:

1. The student will be able to design and implement/or participate in a parent involvement activity.

2. The student will be able to list 6 ways parents can become involved in a school age classroom.

3. The student will identify 5 ways parents’ multi-cultural background can be integrated into the classroom curriculum.

III. GOAL - The students in the “The School Age Child” lab will develop an understanding of ways to extend the classroom curriculum in to the community.

OBJECTIVES:

1. The student will be able to compile at least 10 different community resources and explain how they could extend the child’s learning beyond the classroom to be shared as a family resource.

IV. GOAL - The students in the “The School Age Child” lab will develop an understanding of classroom procedures and activities in a school age classroom.

OBJECTIVES:

1. The student will be able to complete a 45 hour lab experience in an early childhood classroom during the semester.

2. The student will be able to complete self-evaluation forms and student agenda sheets during the laboratory experience.

3. The student will be able to plan, do and evaluate a developmentally appropriate curriculum activities with a group of school age children.

V. GOAL - The students in the “The School Age Child” lab will develop the ability to communicate information to parents in a meaningful way.

OBJECTIVE:

1. The student will create a form of communication to inform families of child progress in all developmental domains covered by a school age classroom curriculum.