HDE Practicum - Spring 2026

HDE Practicum

SPRING 2026 HDE PRACTICUMS OFFERED:  HDE 140 and HDE 141

Students who submit their S26 practicum request on 1/28/26 will be contacted within 2 weeks regarding their status in a S26 practicum (placed or wait-listed).   Students with later form submissions will only be contacted if openings become available.

• HDE 140 Practicum - "Field Study in Early Childhood"
• This is a variable 4-6 unit, in-person, letter graded course consisting of a 2 hour weekly discussion/lecture and a minimum of 7 hours of weekly on-campus in-person fieldwork with young children in the UC Davis Center for Children & Family Studies (CCFS) Early Childhood Lab School (ECLS) or in a transitional kindergarten classroom in Davis.   View the ECLS website for more details, including required background check, vaccines, safety precautions and location.  View and follow the ECLS on Instagram.  Prerequisite class is HDE 100A, which can be taken concurrently when offered.  Must pass background check.  Attendance and participation is required in all discussions/lectures and scheduled lab/fieldwork shifts.
  
  HDE 140 has three section options:  All discussions and most fieldwork/labs are located at UC Davis.  For fieldwork located at CCFS's Early Childhood Lab School (ECLS), address is 238 1st St., Davis.  Fieldwork for TK is in a local Davis elementary school TBD.  Fieldwork times below represent 4 unit practicums; optional 5 and 6 unit practicums require approximately 3-4 additional fieldwork hours per week per additional unit.
    Section 001 Infant/Toddler
        Disc/Lec:   R 1:10-3:00P in CCFS/ECLS Eichhorn House
        Fieldwork Options @ ECLS: MW or TR (AM) 8:15A -11:45A 
    Section 002 Preschool (PK) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
        Disc/Lec:   R 4:10-6:00P  in Olson 105
        PK Fieldwork Options @ ECLS: MW or TR (AM) 8:15A-11:45A or (PM) 12:30P-4P; TK fieldwork TBD 
     Section 003 Preschool (PK)
        Disc/Lec:   R 1:10-3:00P in CCFS/ECLS Eichhorn House
        PK Fieldwork Options @ ECLS:  MW or TR (AM) 8:15A -11:45A
• HDE 141 Practicum - "Field Study with Children and Adolescents"
• This is a *4-6 variable unit, in-person, letter graded course consisting of a 2 hour weekly discussion on Thursdays at 4:10 - 6pm in Wellman 234 plus a *minimum of 60 quarterly hours of **off-campus fieldwork with school-age children and/or adolescents in schools or other group settings on days/times to be arranged between student and field site supervisor.  The prerequisite is HDE 100A or HDE 100B.  Mandatory weekly discussion attendance, participation and completion of all field work hours required.
  
  *HDE 141's 4.0 unit practicum requires 60 quarterly field work hours at a qualified off-campus field site. If desired, students can take the course for 5 units, which requires 90 hours of field work or for 6 units, which requires 120 hours. **Field site options provided by internship coordinator at orientation or students may find their own after orientation.
• Request Placement in a Spring 2026 Practicum - Submit Google Form on 1/28/26 at 8am
• Ensure eligibility: Must be declared HDE and in upper division standing, successfully completed prerequisite course (or be concurrently enrolled) and have an HDE-approved graduation plan in OASIS not older than 3/30/25 (1 year prior to the start of the practicum course). 
  If you do not have a current graduation plan, you must schedule an appointment with an HDE advisor to create one. 
  Read practicum email sent to HDE listserv on 1/20/26 inviting eligible HDE students to submit their practicum request when the form opens on 1/28/26 at 8am.  
  Submit practicum request when it opens on 1/28/26 at 8am via theGoogle Form here.  The form will remain open indefinitely to fill vacancies and/or for wait list purposes, so students may still submit their request after this date.
• Placement Notifications and Next Steps
• Notifications of placement and next steps will be emailed to placed practicum students from Rachael Crotty and Kelly Twibell within approximately 2  weeks after submitting your Google Form request (or later if submitting Google Form later than 1/28/26).  
  If wait-listed, continue checking your emails regularly for placement emails from Kelly and Rachael, and follow instructions and deadlines. 
  Next steps for placed students include: attending orientation for 141 and completing all on-boarding tasks as communicated in placement notification email sent by Kelly (for 140) and by Rachael (for 141), and registering in Schedule Builder by the start of the quarter.  All tasks must be completed prior to the quarter and by specific dates as indicated in placement emails.
  If not placed in a S26 practicum, the next offered practicums will be in Fall 2026.  To request placement in a fall practicum, students must submit a new Google Form before Pass 1 begins for fall (during spring quarter), which will be emailed to the HDE listserv prior to start of F26 Pass 1.  Practicums are never offered in summer.
• CRNs Emailed to Placed Students
• CRNs will be emailed to placed students who received a placement notification email and who completed the appropriate steps to receive the CRN.  Until that time, students should register for a placeholder class during their Pass 1 appointment. 
  HDE 140: Kelly Twibell will email placed HDE 140 students the CRN to register in Schedule Builder and urgent on-boarding tasks by firm pre-quarter deadlines.  Kelly will drop students who do not meet these firm deadlines.
  HDE 141: Rachael Crotty will email CRN to placed HDE 141 students after orientation and after all on-boarding tasks are completed (last task is to submit field site contract to Rachael) at least one day prior to first class discussion.  
  
  We strongly recommend students register for a placeholder class during Pass 1 to take if not placed in that quarter's practicum.

Questions?

Contact the internship coordinator, Rachael Crotty, by calling (530) 752-1321 or  dropping-in remotely to Thursday morning Ask an Advisor.  Please note that emails will receive a delayed reply due to the large volume regularly received.