Investigations in PreK-Grade 3 Science and Social Studies

Investigations in PreK-Grade 3 Science and Social Studies

EC / ECSE License | This program is completed

- Online, VT - United States

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Graduate

1/23/2021-5/1/2021

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$1,590.00

This course is required for individuals seeking the Early Childhood Educator endorsement. Students in this class will explore scientific content and concepts, and develop skills in scaffolding children’s scientific thinking and their use of the scientific inquiry process to acquire knowledge of the life, physical, earth, and environmental sciences, a In addition, participants will learn strategies for how to provide children with opportunities for exploration and use of historical, geographical, and social science tools and methods in order for them to learn about and connect with the larger community.

This course is fully online, with some synchronous virtual meetings. Click View Schedule above for dates and times.

  • This is part of the Early Childhood (EC) Endorsement series.

  • This is a 3 credit course, with credits from Northern Vermont University/Lyndon.
Fitzsimmons, Patricia

Pat Fitzsimmons is an instructor for the VT-HEC Early Childhood/EC Special Education Licensing program. She is currently the Common Core Implementation Coordinator at the Vermont Agency of Education. Previously, she worked as the Elementary Science Assessment Coordinator and the Assistant Director of the Research, Standards, and Assessment team at the Agency. Before moving to state-level work, Pat was the Science Specialist for both Barre Town and Barre City Elementary and Middle Schools. She fondly remembers her first position in public school as a kindergarten teacher which she thoroughly enjoyed for fourteen years.