Early Childhood Field Experiences

The Early Childhood Program at SUNY Canton has formal affiliation agreements with numerous early childhood settings and organizations across New York State to accommodate students with completing the Early Childhood Field Experience. These include accredited and licensed childcare centers, public school UPK and kindergarten classrooms, private nursery and preschools, licensed Family Child Care home-based settings, and Head Start programs. Field Experiences can extend beyond center-based classrooms, and include placements at children’s museums, early intervention settings, and early childhood businesses. Students have opportunities to work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners as part of their off-campus field experience.

Early Childhood students on a field trip to the SUNY Potsdam Childcare Center.

Students take part in a Field Experience in the final semester of their college studies, completing 80 hours of direct work with children under the supervision of a classroom mentor and the College Field Experience Coordinator.

We have over 40+ affiliations and many options for the Field Experience, including:

Early Childhood Settings in New York State
Head Start Programs [local and NYS]
Home-Based Child Care Centers [local and NYS]
Additional settings in NY and the U.S. can be arranged to accommodate all students

Locally:

Banford Elementary, Canton
Canton Day Care Center
SUNY Potsdam Child Care Center, Inc.
Lawrence Ave. Elementary, Potsdam
Small Fry Academy, Ogdensburg
Madrid-Waddington Elementary School, Madrid
Edwards-Knox Elementary, Russell
North Country Children’s Museum, Potsdam
Canton Free Library, Children’s Library, Canton

For more information contact Christina Martin, Early Childhood Senior Lecturer and Field Experience Coordinator at martinc@canton.edu.

Early Childhood students gather around the maple tree at the North Country Children's Museum.

Social Sciences Department Chair
Dr. Maureen Powers-Maiocco
maiocco@canton.edu