- Placement scope (percentage)
13.3
- Placement duration (hours)
627
Name of the placement:
Teacher’s Assistant Placement
Activities during the placement: The Teacher’s Aide placement will help students gain practical understanding of the needs and specific development of pre-school and pre-primary age children. Students will become familiar with the specifics of various types of institution (nurseries/kindergartens, kindergartens/schools, schools, private and state). During the Teaching Assistant placement, students will learn to assess the environment of pre-school and pre-primary age children, and will analyse the teacher’s work, guided by the documents regulating pedagogical work. In accordance with the methodological requirements for the placement report, the KVK VF methodological guidelines for written work, and the requirements of the state language, they will prepare an observation placement report.
- Placement scope (credits)
3
Name of the placement:
Trial placement in educational activities
Activities during the placement: The trial placement in educational activities will help students get to know the characteristics and educational needs of pre-school children, and analyse the work of the teacher. During the trial educational placement, students will learn to plan and organise educational activities, and to create an environment and teaching aids that stimulate the physical and mental capacities of pre-school children. Will observe and describe cases of children’s behaviour to identify emotional expression, and play situations that promote social skills, together with reflections on these, and will prepare a placement report.
- Placement scope (credits)
6
Name of the placement:
Pre-School Education Placement
Activities during the placement: The Pre-School Education Placement will help students get to know the characteristics and educational needs of pre-school-age children, and analyse the work of the teacher. During the placement, students will prepare weekly plans for educational activities, and set out education(al) goals and outcomes, and education(al) strategies and tools, according to the individual progress and achievements of each learner. Will learn to organise educational activities and create a stimulating environment and methodological tools for developing the physical and spiritual capacities of pre-school-age children. Will observe and describe cases of children’s behaviour to identify emotional expression, and play situations that promote social skills, together with reflections on these.
- Placement scope (credits)
9
Name of the placement:
Pre-primary Education Placement
Activities during the placement: During the placement, students will demonstrate their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. Students will observe and reflect on the teacher’s work, analyse and recognise general and individual patterns of child development, assess the impact of different areas of activity on the child’s personal development, and apply criteria for analysing and evaluating the activities of pre-school-age children. Will creatively apply modern educational strategies and technologies for the education of pre-school-age children, draw up education plans, define learning goals and outcomes, and educational strategies and tools tailored to each child’s individual progress and achievements, organise educational activities, and communicate with parents and other participants in the education process. Will reflect on and assess the professional competences acquired during teaching placement and prepare the placement report documentation.
- Placement scope (credits)
6
Name of the placement:
Final placement
Activities during the placement: Students will demonstrate their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice: they will observe and reflect on the teacher’s work, analyse and recognise general and individual patterns of child development, and assess the impact of different areas of activity on the child’s personal development. Will creatively apply modern educational strategies and technologies to develop children’s competences, draw up education plans, define learning goals and outcomes, and educational strategies and tools tailored to each child’s individual progress and achievements. Will independently organise educational activities. Will communicate with parents and other participants in the educational process, evaluate the professional competences acquired during the teaching placement, and prepare placement report documents.
- Placement scope (credits)
21
- Placement scope (percentage)
11.7
- Placement duration (hours)
546
Total:
- Placement scope (credits)
45
- Placement scope (percentage)
25
- Placement duration (hours)
1,173
Choice of placement venues:
Students can choose or find a placement in Klaipėda city, Klaipėda district, the Western Lithuania region, or anywhere else in Lithuania or abroad.
Final placements are carried out at:
At pre-school education institutions in Klaipėda city and the Western Lithuania region: Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Dobiliukas, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Rūta, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Šaltinėlis, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Žiogelis, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Vyturėlis, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Traukinukas, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Volungėlė, Klaipėda Nursery-Kindergarten Ąžuoliukas, Plungė Nursery-Kindergarten Saulutė, Gargždai Nursery-Kindergarten Gintarėlis, Gargždai Nursery-Kindergarten Ąžuoliukas, Mažeikiai Nursery-Kindergarten Delfinas, Šilutė Nursery-Kindergarten Raudonkepuraitė, Mažeikiai Nursery-Kindergarten Žilvitis, Mažeikiai Nursery-Kindergarten Buratinas, Palanga Nursery-Kindergarten Žilvinas, and others.
