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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides students with knowledge and skills to use observation, documentation, and assessment tools to inform instruction, planning, and intervention programs for young children birth through eight years. Special attention is given to contextualized assessment practices that are responsive to children's strengths, needs, cultures, races, languages, and family experiences.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will explore and apply current theory and practice in critical special education, Disability Studies in Education, and infant and child mental health for supporting young children (birth-age 8) with disabilities by supporting caregiver-child relationships in family, early childhood community and classroom environments. Students will gain an understanding of applicable history, laws and policies around inclusive education and special education service provision to effectively and equitably collaborate with children, families, and service providers in public and private settings in ways that sustain the rights and cultures of individual children and families, and of disability communities.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Critical issues, theories, research, and practice in curriculum for inclusive early childhood education. The goal of this course is to assist students in planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum that is accessible and culturally sustaining for diverse children and families. Students will be challenged to develop and articulate their own philosophies on what should be taught to young children and why.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the active joyful nature of young children's play, therapeutic and educational value, and how play may vary for children experiencing diverse abilities, circumstances and cultural backgrounds. Students will gain practical strategies for supporting the play of all children.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    An in-depth study of a contemporary issue in childhood. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 hours. In some cases, this course may substitute for one of the minor requirements when it has received prior approval from a department advisor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to build on a foundation of knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice for teaching integrated content in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in early childhood settings. Fundamental approaches to learning will be employed to integrate learning across these disciplines. Students will develop meaningful curriculum content through hands-on learning experiences designed for children (birth through age 8) based on accepted learning standards in each content area. Prerequisite:    CHF 2600 and CHF 2610 and CHF 2620 and ECED 2600 and ECED 2610 and ECED 2620
  • 3.00 Credits

    A synthesis of guidance and planning with an emphasis on assessment, appropriate objectives and strategies for individual and specific groups of children. Corequisite:    ECED 4720
  • 3.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Student teaching provides a full-time 16-week, immersion experience. Students are placed in the Weber State University Melba S. Lehner Children's School or an approved off-campus pre-kindergarten classroom and spend the entire semester there. The focus is the study of developmentally appropriate practices using NAEYC professional standards for children birth to 5 years. During student teaching, students steadily increase their leadership in classroom responsibilities including curriculum development in math, science, language arts, and social studies; classroom design; child guidance; assessment; family involvement; health and safety; and the development of a professional role in the pre-K early childhood classroom. Supervision is provided by university supervisor and field-based professionals. Prerequisite:    CHF 1500 and CHF 2500 and CHF 2600 and CHF 2610 and CHF 2620 and CHF 3640 and ECED 2500 and ECED 2600 and ECED 2610 and ECED 2620 and ECED 3640 Corequisite:    ECED 4710
  • 3.00 Credits

    Student teaching provides a full-time 14-week, immersion experience for students in the early primary grades. Students are placed in one public school classroom and spend the entire semester there. The focus is the study of developmentally appropriate practices using NAEYC standards for primary grades. During student teaching, students steadily increase their leadership in classroom responsibilities including curriculum development in math, science, language arts, and social studies; classroom design; child guidance; assessment; family involvement; health and safety; and the development of a professional role in the public school-early childhood classroom. Supervision provided by university supervisor and field-based professionals to meet national professional standards and support mastery of knowledge, skills, dispositions required for teacher certification concentration in Early Childhood Education (Kindergarten - grade 3). Prerequisite:    ECED 4720
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course prepares students with skills specific to leadership roles in early childhood education programs including: professional ethics, ensuring the health and safety of children, ongoing quality improvement, program leadership, planning, and management. Content and skills focus on practices endorsed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and are aligned with the NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation Programs. Prerequisite:    CHF 2600 and CHF 2610 and CHF 2620 and CHF 4710 and CHF 4720 and ECED 2600 and ECED 2610 and ECED 2620 and ECED 4710 and ECED 4720