Early Childhood Education - Advanced CSC

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PURPOSE

The Early Childhood Education - Advanced Career Studies Certificate (CSC) program is designed to foster additional early childhood skills needed in the care and development of young children in a variety of child care settings. The program provides training appropriate for persons presently working in the field who wish to continue to upgrade their knowledge and skills in child development and care. The program also offers a well-organized course of study for parents who wish to increase their understanding of child development.

OCCUPATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Employment opportunities include preparing for or upgrading skills for positions including:

Before- and after-school teacher
Camp director
Childcare center assistant director
Classroom aide
Home-based provider or daycare worker
Playroom attendant
Teachers or assistant teachers

Positions are available in a variety of facilities including:

Child day care centers
Church-sponsored preschool programs
Family daycare homes
Head Start programs
Hospital-based childcare programs
Nursery schools
Preschool at-risk programs
Recreational before- and after-school programs

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Use appropriate positive guidance strategies with children
Communicate effectively and appropriately with children and families from all backgrounds to build respectful, reciprocal relationships
Complete a plan for the educational, physical, fiscal, and human resources needed to operate a program for children
Plan and implement curriculum and learning environments for children based on developmental appropriateness and thorough knowledge of child development
Identify special considerations for design and implementation of educational experiences for exceptional children

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

General college curricular admission
Early Childhood Education Career Studies Certificate, or approval from department chair
Earn grade of C or higher in all courses with CHD and PSY prefixes
Recommended: personal interview with department chair

COMPUTER COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT

Students in this program will meet the college’s computer competency requirement by successfully completing ITE 152 or EDU 280 (Introduction to Instructional Technologies) . Students can also meet this requirement by passing the college’s computer competency exam, administered in the testing centers on each campus, in which case they will receive college credit for ITE 152 . Students not passing the computer competency exam may retake the exam only once.

Curriculum:

Courses should be taken in the order listed.

ENG 111 - College Composition I Credit Hours: 3
CHD 146 - Math, Science, and Social Studies for Children Credit Hours: 3
CHD 166 - Infant and Toddler Programs Credit Hours: 3
CHD 118 - Language Arts for Young Children Credit Hours: 3
PSY 230 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
ITE 152 - Introduction to Digital Literacy Credit Hours: 3 or
EDU 280 - Introduction to Instructional Technologies Credit Hours: 3

Total: 18 Credit Hours

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