Program: Additional Certification Dept: Curriculum and Instruction Education Area: Early Childhood Education College: Education and Professional Studies Current Status: Valid Oklahoma license/certificate in special education Requirements: GPA Minimum 2.75 and Passing grade on OSAT OCTP Approved Program Plan for Additional Certification in Early Childhood Education Core Area...... 6 ECED 4073 Language Development and Emergent Literacy ELED 4183 Assessment and Intervention Practices for the Teaching of Reading in Grades K-8 Early Childhood Emphasis...... 11 ECED 4133 Science and Social Studies in Early Childhood ECED 4222 Leadership and Diverse Communities *ECED 4443 Theory and Practice in Early Childhood *ECED 4900 Early Childhood Education Practicum (3 hour) Professional Education...... 2 PTE 4172 Educational Assessment (If not previously satisfied, this course must be taken through the Early Childhood Section.) *Must be taken concurrently

Candidates licensed/certified in special education would demonstrate competency in program standards through completion of coursework and key assessments as follows:

NAEYC COURSEWORK TO BE COURSE-RELATED KEY STANDARDS/COMPETENCIES MET PROGRAM COMPLETED: ASSESSMENT: THROUGH KEY ASSESSMENT: ASSESSMENT NUMBER: 4073/5073: Language Children’s Literacy 1(a,b,c,); 2(a,c); Development and 2 Emergent ECED Project 4(a,b,c); 5 (a,d) Literacy ECED 4133/5133: Curriculum Design: 1; 2; 3(a,b,c); 4; Science and Social 5 Studies in Early Teacher Work Samples 5(c,d) Childhood ECED 4222/5232: Statement of Ethical 2b; 5(a,b,c,e) Leadership and Diverse 8 Communities Commitment

SPED 4232/5232: Valuing Human Relations 1(a,c); 2, 3, 4(a,b), 5(b,d) Educational Strategies 7 for Young Children with – Case Study Special Needs (in SpEd degree plan) ECED 4443/5433: Developmentally Effective 1(a,c); 2(c); 3(a,b,c); Theory and Practice in 3 Early Childhood Instruction: Project 4(a,b,c,d); 5(a,c,d) Approach ECED 4900/5901: Early Professional Engagements 1(a,c); 2b; 4(b,c,d); Childhood Education 8 Practicum (may be & Mentor/Supervisor 5(a,b,c,e) satisfied through SpEd Evaluation Practicum if Pre-K through 3rd grade). ELED 4183: Assessment Field-based Reading Oklahoma Mandated N/A & Intervention Practices for the Teaching of Assessment/Intervention Reading Test Reading (graduate section offered as seminar 5900) * Consideration of relevant field experiences as substitutions within the plan will be determined on a case by case basis. For example, if the candidate’s student teaching placement was in pre-k or the primary grades, the mentor teacher evaluation may serve as the key assessment for ECED 4900, therefore eliminating that course from the program plan.

The field experience component of this course sequence is as follows:

ECED 4073 Language Development & Emergent Literacy 4 hrs. ECED 4133 Science and Social Studies in EC NA (in class clinical experience- write TWS/teach inquiry science lesson) ECED 4222 Leadership in Diverse Communities 4 hrs ECED 4422 Parent/Community Relations 4-6 hrs. ECED 4443 Theory and Practice in EC 10 hrs. ECED 4900 Early Childhood Education Practicum 35 hrs.