Innovative Practica Model

In addition to placing students in a variety of community early childhood education centers, the ECE program and the Cariboo Child Care, a non-profit society located on the UCC campus, co-operate to provide a valuable and practical learning opportunity for students. Working together with the same group of children to assume increasing responsibilities for programming allows students and instructors to:

• develop long term relationships with children allowing for individualization of guidance and program strategies;
• connect practice with all course work;
• provide continuous opportunities for feedback regarding student performance;
• engage in applied research in curriculum development and documentation of the learning process.