Education and Training
Principles of Education and Training TSDS PEIMS Code: 13014200 (PRINEDTR)
Grade Placement: 9–10
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None.
Principles of Education and Training is designed to introduce learners to the various careers available within the Education and Training Career Cluster. Students use self- knowledge as well as educational and career information to analyze various careers within the Education and Training Career Cluster. Students will develop a graduation plan that leads to a specific career choice in the student's interest area.
Human Growth and Development TSDS PEIMS Code: 13014300 (HUGRDEV)
Grade Placement: 10–12
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None.
Recommended Prerequisite: Principles of Education and Training.
Human Growth and Development is an examination of human development across the lifespan with emphasis on research, theoretical perspectives, and common physical, cognitive, emotional, and social developmental milestones. The course covers material that is generally taught in a postsecondary, one-semester introductory course in developmental psychology or human development.
Child Development Associate (CDA) Foundations TSDA PEIMS Code: N1300500 (CDAFOUND)
Grade Placement: 10–12
Credit: 1
Recommended Prerequisites: Principles of Education and Training or Principles of Human Services.
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Foundations course is a laboratory course addressing the knowledge and skills related to applying Child Development Associate (CDA) Competency Standards in early childhood environments and understanding how these competencies help young children move with success from one developmental stage to the next. Students will be prepared and informed on the requirements that must be met to apply for the nationally recognized CDA credential.
Instructional Practices TSDS PEIMS Code: 13014400 (INPRAC)
Grade Placement: 11–12
Credit: 2
Prerequisite: One credit from Education and Training Career Cluster
Recommended Prerequisites: Principles of Education and Training and Human Growth and Development. Instructional Practices is a field-based (practicum) internship that provides students with background knowledge of child and adolescent development as well as principles of effective teaching and training practices. Students work under the joint direction and supervision of both a teacher with knowledge of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence education and exemplary educators or trainers in direct instructional roles with elementary-, middle school-, and high school-aged students. Students learn to plan and direct individualized instruction and group activities, prepare instructional materials, develop materials for educational environments, assist with record keeping, and complete other responsibilities of teachers, trainers, paraprofessionals, or other educational personnel.
Practicum in Education and Training TSDS PEIMS Code: 13014500 (First Time Taken) (PRACEDT1) 13014510 (Second Time Taken) (PRACEDT2)
Grade Placement: 12
Credit: 2
Prerequisite: Instructional Practices.
Recommended Prerequisites: Principles of Education and Training and Human Growth and Development. Practicum in Education and Training is a field-based internship that provides students background knowledge of child and adolescent development principles as well as principles of effective teaching and training practices. Students in the course work under the joint direction and supervision of both a teacher with knowledge of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence education and exemplary educators in direct instructional roles with elementary-, middle school-, and high school-aged students. Students learn to plan and direct individualized instruction and group activities, prepare instructional materials, assist with record keeping, make physical arrangements, and complete other responsibilities of classroom teachers, trainers, paraprofessionals, or other educational personnel.