ECE 490 - Capstone A: Internship Community-Service Learning

4 credits
Provides students an opportunity to expand and refine skills and knowledge that are important in educating children. Students conduct internships in educational settings where they can observe and interact with children and their families. Capstone Internship is a major culminating experience for the Early Childhood Development program students as a part of graduation requirements. This course offers opportunities for students to apply what has been learned through the previous years of coursework and field experiences. Students are engaged in Community-Based Learning (CBL) by planning, implementing, and reflecting on a developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive and responsive, CBL service project for children and their families in their internship setting. Weekly online meetings serve as an open forum for students to self-assess their growth, discuss critical perspectives in their internship, and reflect on their professional development in the field experience. Prerequisite(s): ECE 460 and ECE 470.
Graded (A-F) only.