Program Code: CC.EARLYLEARNING
This program provides a foundation in the ten core knowledge categories: Family and Community Systems; Diversity; Health, Safety and Nutrition; Human Growth and Development; Learning Environments and Curriculum; Observation and Assessment; Personal, Professional and Leadership Development; Program Management; Special Needs; and Understanding and Guiding Behavior (The Oregon Registry, 2008).
Students must obtain a First-Aid certificate with infant-toddler CPR by the end of the first year.
For information contact Dawn Hendricks, 503-594-6158 or dawn.hendricks@clackamas.edu
Related Instruction Outcomes
Computation
- 1 course - MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or MTH-065 Algebra II or MTH-098 College Math Foundations
- Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems.
Communication
- 1 course - WR-121Z Composition I
- Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences.
Human Relations
- 1 course - ED-258 Culturally Responsive Teaching & Education
- Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals.
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- promote children’s development and learning by collaborating to create healthy, respectful and supportive environment;
- respect, support and communicate with families;
- observe and document young children;
- define and understand developmentally effective approaches, depending on the children’s ages, characteristics and the setting within which teaching and learning occur;
- use content knowledge to understand curriculum by designing and implementing experiences that promote positive development and learning for each and every young child;
- identify and conduct themselves as members of the early childhood community.
Plan of Study Grid | Fall Term |
|---|
| ECE-150 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education & Family Studies | 4.00 |
| ECE-235 | Safety, Health and Nutrition | 3.00 |
| ED-216 | Foundations of Teaching & Education | 4.00 |
| FYE-101 | First Year Experience Level I | 2.00 |
| WR-121Z | Composition I | 4.00 |
| | Credits | 17 |
| Winter Term |
|---|
| ECE-121 | Observation and Guidance I in ECE Settings | 4.00 |
| ECE-154 | Language & Literacy Development in Young Children | 4.00 |
| HDF-225 | Prenatal, Infant & Toddler Development | 3.00 |
| 4.00 |
| Technical Mathematics I | |
| Algebra II | |
| College Math Foundations | |
| | Credits | 15 |
| Spring Term |
|---|
| ECE-240 | Environments and Curriculum Planning | 4.00 |
| ECE-280 | Early Childhood Education/CWE | 3.00 |
| ED-258 | Culturally Responsive Teaching & Education | 3.00 |
| HDF-247 | Preschool Through Adolescent Child Development | 3.00 |
| | Credits | 13 |
| | Total Credits | 45 |
All courses must be passed with a C or better
