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Hilda A Pettit
1/6/2014
Organization: Vacca Office of Student Services
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Course Catalog Update Information:
STU0004
Reference Number: CCU006001
Date: 09-AUG-13
Level: 2.00 of 3.00
Currently On The Worklist Of: Joanne Arhar, jarhar
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services, 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559, curriculum@kent.edu
Basic Course Data
Change type: Revise
Faculty member submitting this proposal: Janice Kroeger
Requested Effective Term: 201480
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: TLC-Teaching Learning and Curriculum Studies
Course Subject: ECED-Early Childhood Education
New Course Subject:
Course Number: 40292
New Course Number:
Course Title: INTERNSHIP IN KINDERGARTEN/PRIMARY
Title Abbreviation: INTERNSHIP KINDERGAR/PRIMARY
Slash Course and Cross-list Information:
Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 4 to 9
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 18 to 36
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: Yes
If yes, course attributes: 1. DIVD-Diversity Course-Domestic 2.
3.
Can this course be repeated for credit:
Repeat
Course Limit:
Course Level: Undergraduate
Grade Rule: G-Satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U)-in progress (IP)
OR Maximum Hours: 9
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable): The internship experience may extend beyond
traditional semester dates.
Schedule Type(s): 1. PRA-Practicum or Internship 2.
3.
Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description: (Repeatable for credit)Internship in grades K-3, full day for 16
weeks. Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school/agency
before the first day of the semester in which student teaching/ internship will take place. Prerequisite: admission to
advanced study; and Official valid certification of Child Safety Training, approved Basic Life Support and A.L.I.C.E. Training
must be presented to the campus office of clinical experience or designated faculty/staff at Regional campuses as
prerequisite for student teaching. Corequisite: ECED 40125.
Catalog Description (edited): Internship in grades K-3, full day for 15 weeks. Students are required to complete Bureau
of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks and submit
the results to authorized personnel at their assigned school-agency before the first day of the semester in which student
teaching internship will take place.
Prerequisites (edited): No change: Admission to advanced study; and Official valid certification of Child Safety Training,
approved Basic Life Support and A.L.I.C.E. Training...
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Corequisites (edited): ECED 40125
Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
Variable Contact Hours: 270-540
Description: Full-time student teaching-internship (K-3; Primary Grades) in a public school setting. Primary focus is on
developing and refining an understanding of curricular, instructional strategies and assessment in a guided situated school
context. This internship is coupled with ECED 40125, Inquiry into Professional Practice. This course is typically taken for 9
credits (540 hours). Students seeking their second license - Pre-K certification may register for 4 credits (270 hours).
Textbook(s) used in this course: None
Writing Expectations: weekly reflective journal about teaching and learning, pre-post assessments, Teacher Performance
Assessments
Instructor(s) expected to teach: Early Childhood Education Staff
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Janice Kroeger
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
The purpose of this proposal is to revise credit and contact hours, schedule type, description, content, instructor
information, and writing expectations to reflect the way it is taught. The contact hours meet the revised University
guidelines ["One credit hour is awarded for a minimum three clock hours (180 minutes) in a standard week of a 15-week
semester, or for a minimum 45 clock hours (2,700 minutes) in a semester"]. This course was previously 6-12 credits, but
due to the desire for students to take an additional 2 credit seminar, related to co-teaching for inclusive classes, the
program will reduce the hours to 4-9 credits. This revised course still requires 18-36 hours per week (270-540 per
semester) in the field (depending on credits) but the credits received for this course is reduced. Also, this better fits the
university definition of a practicum or internship, as opposed to field experience; therefore, the schedule type is revised.
The course description is changed from 16 to 15 weeks to reflect the typical semester length. This course will typically be
taken for 9 credits (540 semester hours); although second licensure students who are seeking pre-k certification may take it
for 4 (270 semester hours).
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
A program revision is being submitted to decrease the credit requirements for this course from 12 to 9 for the BSE ECDE
program. This will reduce total credits required for graduation but will still meet the minimum University standards.
Currently, the roadmap outlines a 15-credit semester for the block containing this course; however, there is a new course
that would benefit students in their teaching career. In order to make room for this course, and to encourage students who
would otherwise be dissuaded by an overloaded semester, reducing the credits for this semester is proposed.
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
NA
Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
No impact
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
Regional Campus ECED program
Revisions made to form (if applicable):
Course Content
Number
Credit by Exam
Prerequisites
Credit Hours
Schedule Type
Cross-Listed / Slash
Subject
Description
Title
Diversity
Title Abbreviation
Grade Rule
Writing-Intensive (WIC)
Liberal Education Requirement (LER)
Other
Comments (500 Character Maximum):
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Augustine
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Other Revisions: weekly contact hours, writing
expectations, and instructor information. This is
already designated as an ELR course - the system
would not recognize this attribute (not diversity).
History:
Date
User
Status
12/5/2013 Alexa L. Sandmann Approved
12/5/2013 Susan M Augustine Submitted
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