Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development: Tufts University

Teacher Preparation Programs

Early Childhood Initial Licensure (Pre-K - 2)

Course of Study
The program of study for the Initial licensure consists of course work in child development theory, culture, special needs, educational practice, and curriculum development. Also required is a practicum component, including supervised student teaching placements at both the preschool and elementary levels. The required course list includes:

Foundations

CD 270 Sociocultural Perspectives on Early Learning and Education

Pre-practicum component

CD 171 Curricula for Young Children
This course now includes a fieldwork component (4 hours per week), or 8 hours per week for these students who wish to use this course to satisfy prepracticum requirements.

Notes: (1) Students with no prior classroom experience may determine, in consultation with advisor and teacher education faculty, to take CD130 Fieldwork with Young Children which may satisfy the pre-practicum component. These students will still need to take CD 171, and will have one less elective in their program of study. (2) Graduate Teaching Assistantships in the Eliot-Pearson Children's School or Tufts Educational Day Care Center fulfill this prepracticum requirement.

Child Development Componentt (two courses)

CD 151/251 Advanced Intellectual Development
CD 155 Young Children's Development of Language
CD 161/261 Advanced Personal/Social Development
CD 211 Contemporary Perspectives on Child Development

Special Needs Component (one course)

CD 190 Children with Special Needs or approved alternate

Curriculum Component (all three courses required)

CD 171 Curricula for Young Children (credit counted above)
CD 172 Reading and Language Arts
CD173 Curricula for Young Children: Math, Science and Technology

Practicum Component (two courses)

CD 135 Supervised Teaching: I
CD 136 Supervised Teaching: II
Two electives

(In combination with the above required courses, elective courses may be selected to create areas of specialization in such fields as Special Needs, Bilingual and Multicultural Education; Math, Science, and Technology; Language and Literacy; Art and Creativity; Child and Family Policy; and Early Intervention.)

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