Below are the field placement requirements under the new ECE Program Map. To view your placement requirements, you can align the semester with the term date.
The highlighted block are when the new program map changes will come into effect. It is important to discuss any questions with the Field Placement team and/or Student Adviser before making changes to your academic timetable.
ECE216 - Old Map
School age
2 days a week (3 hours per day)
ECE216 - New Starting Winter 2025
Preschool
Two (2) days per week, (8 hours per day, including 1 hour lunch)
ECE216
ECE316
Infants & Toddlers
ECE416 - old map
Inclusive Community Environments
2 days a week (7-8 hours per day)
ECE416 - New Starting Fall 2025
School Age Environments
Timetable - FDK 2 days a week (6-7 hours per day)
Timetable - School Age 3 days a week (3-4 hours per day)
This course prepares Early Childhood Education (ECE) students for their upcoming field placements in early learning settings which are scheduled for semesters 2, 3, and 4. Emphasizing the importance of professional behaviour and ethical practice, students will learn to engage safely and effectively with young children and their families as well as community partners and mentors. Students are expected to demonstrate their readiness for placement by exhibiting professional behavior in the classroom, lab studios, and forest school. This includes attending regularly, being punctual, actively participating in group activities, and maintaining professional communication with the Field Liaison and Lab Educators.Through a combination of seminars, lab studio activities, and practical experiences in Seneca's forest school, students will develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to succeed in their field placements. Completion of the compulsory Ministry authorization documents and the required Field Placements preparation steps are mandatory for success in this course.
Attendance in seminar class; participation on webinars/asynchronous learning; Lab Studio Visit and Forest School Visit.
This is a pre-requisite course for ECE213 and ECE216.
Field placement gives students the opportunity to practice what they have learned in the ECE program. Students will plan, implement, and evaluate play-based, inclusive, emergent curriculum experiences for preschool children.
Attendance in seminar class.
Students will be placed in sites where they will be able to integrate learning from all their classes. They will have the opportunity to practice skills required for the care and teaching of children birth to 3 years.
Winter 2025: Week 3 of the semester
Starting Summer 2025: Week 2 of the semester
ECE416 will follow the previous academic program map which requires students to start in Week 3 until Week 13, 2 days a weeks (7-8 hours/day) in Inclusive Community Environments.
Starting Fall 2025, the requirements are listed below.
When selecting a timetable for fourth (4th) semester, students may select a field placement stream. There will be a Full Day Kindergarten stream or an After School Program stream. Both streams will provide students will a valuable field placement experience with school age children (4 -12 years). Depending on the time of year, not all streams will be offered. Enrolment in the stream will be on a first-come, first-served basis until all seats in the section are filled.
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