Pre-Service Program
Courses for PK-3 ECE
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The Pre-Service Program consists of 8 classes (6 face-to-face or online and 2 asynchronous). Each course is 6-weeks long. In-person classes are held at the Los Angeles County Office of Education in Downey between 5-9 PM. The Fall and Spring classes are attended twice per week for a total of 18 weeks. The courses are offered in a hybrid version, with two online, and the remaining face-to-face. After the completion of Pre-Service, candidates must meet the following requirements to be "Intern Eligible."
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Course Descriptions
CURR 111: Teachers as Learners
This course will support pre-interns examine their own experiences as learners and how those opportunities influenced their beliefs as teachers. This course will introduce and explore elements of the PK-3 ECE California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs) as listed within the course outline. The TPEs will assist pre-interns in defining their roles as teachers as they explore their own educational philosophy, reflect on cultural diversity, and develop strategies to encourage productive interactions within their classroom while establishing a physically and emotionally safe environment.
CURR 112: Understanding the Physiology of Learning
This course will deepen pre-interns' understanding of the learning and thinking process with a focus on influences which foster and inhibit learning. Pre-Interns will explore current brain research paired with learning theories which support an understanding of the foundational elements of the learning process. Pre-Interns will be introduced to the stages of child development, as it relates to cognition and learning, and demonstrate their understanding of utilizing children's assets to engage and support their learning.
CURR 113: Creating Authentic Learning Environments
This course explores the influences of the environment and instruction on the PK-3 learning community by developing instructional strategies for creating and adapting instruction to ensure access for all learners. Pre-Interns will explore the importance of developing a classroom environment that is safe, equitable and socially just. The importance of understanding the professional, legal, and ethical issues in education will be explored to support candidates in maintaining their commitment to their students and community.
CURR 114: Introduction to Multilingual Learners
This course is an introduction to preparing candidates to teach multilingual learners. Candidates will focus on the process of second language acquisition, including understanding the students’ academic readiness, language proficiency, cultural background, and prior experiences to enhance access to core curriculum. Pre-Interns will explore the English Language Development Standards, SDAIE strategies, and differentiated instruction to support culturally and linguistically diverse students.
CURR 119: Access for All Learners
The course will address a variety of educational elements which influence our teaching of our diverse learning communities. Through this course pre-interns will explore classroom design, assessments, learning and teaching styles while learning to adapt their instructional plans, and provide differentiation needed to support access for all learning. Pre-interns will begin to learn how various assessment strategies will drive their instruction, including getting to know their PK-3 students.
CURR 120: Preparing to Teach Reading
This course will explore instructional strategies and methods to teach the foundation of reading with an emphasis on effective early literacy instruction. Early literacy instruction is designed to include themes of foundational skills, meaning-making, language development, effective expression and content knowledge. Pre-Interns will also explore phonemic awareness, reading fluency, guided reading and the development of comprehension skills by using curriculum and content subject curriculum to develop and strengthen reading skills.
CURR 122: Developmental and Subject Appropriate Pedagogy
This course will explore how to establish short and long term goals to support student learning as the candidates begin to learn how to design lesson plans.. Pre-Interns will explore a variety of instructional strategies designed to support access to PK-3 core curriculum both purchased and teacher made instructional materials while developing an understanding of accommodations and modifications designed to support the learning needs of all students. TECH 110: Technology in the Classroom
In this course, Pre-interns will be introduced to technology tools, applications, resources and best practices for integrating technology into the PK-3 classroom. The course teaches the candidates the fundamental technology skills for educators, adapting technologies, exploring resources, and the ways in which technology assists assessment. There is an emphasis on using educational technology to support or demonstrate content-specific learning.
This course will support pre-interns examine their own experiences as learners and how those opportunities influenced their beliefs as teachers. This course will introduce and explore elements of the PK-3 ECE California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs) as listed within the course outline. The TPEs will assist pre-interns in defining their roles as teachers as they explore their own educational philosophy, reflect on cultural diversity, and develop strategies to encourage productive interactions within their classroom while establishing a physically and emotionally safe environment.
CURR 112: Understanding the Physiology of Learning
This course will deepen pre-interns' understanding of the learning and thinking process with a focus on influences which foster and inhibit learning. Pre-Interns will explore current brain research paired with learning theories which support an understanding of the foundational elements of the learning process. Pre-Interns will be introduced to the stages of child development, as it relates to cognition and learning, and demonstrate their understanding of utilizing children's assets to engage and support their learning.
CURR 113: Creating Authentic Learning Environments
This course explores the influences of the environment and instruction on the PK-3 learning community by developing instructional strategies for creating and adapting instruction to ensure access for all learners. Pre-Interns will explore the importance of developing a classroom environment that is safe, equitable and socially just. The importance of understanding the professional, legal, and ethical issues in education will be explored to support candidates in maintaining their commitment to their students and community.
CURR 114: Introduction to Multilingual Learners
This course is an introduction to preparing candidates to teach multilingual learners. Candidates will focus on the process of second language acquisition, including understanding the students’ academic readiness, language proficiency, cultural background, and prior experiences to enhance access to core curriculum. Pre-Interns will explore the English Language Development Standards, SDAIE strategies, and differentiated instruction to support culturally and linguistically diverse students.
CURR 119: Access for All Learners
The course will address a variety of educational elements which influence our teaching of our diverse learning communities. Through this course pre-interns will explore classroom design, assessments, learning and teaching styles while learning to adapt their instructional plans, and provide differentiation needed to support access for all learning. Pre-interns will begin to learn how various assessment strategies will drive their instruction, including getting to know their PK-3 students.
CURR 120: Preparing to Teach Reading
This course will explore instructional strategies and methods to teach the foundation of reading with an emphasis on effective early literacy instruction. Early literacy instruction is designed to include themes of foundational skills, meaning-making, language development, effective expression and content knowledge. Pre-Interns will also explore phonemic awareness, reading fluency, guided reading and the development of comprehension skills by using curriculum and content subject curriculum to develop and strengthen reading skills.
CURR 122: Developmental and Subject Appropriate Pedagogy
This course will explore how to establish short and long term goals to support student learning as the candidates begin to learn how to design lesson plans.. Pre-Interns will explore a variety of instructional strategies designed to support access to PK-3 core curriculum both purchased and teacher made instructional materials while developing an understanding of accommodations and modifications designed to support the learning needs of all students. TECH 110: Technology in the Classroom
In this course, Pre-interns will be introduced to technology tools, applications, resources and best practices for integrating technology into the PK-3 classroom. The course teaches the candidates the fundamental technology skills for educators, adapting technologies, exploring resources, and the ways in which technology assists assessment. There is an emphasis on using educational technology to support or demonstrate content-specific learning.