State Board Approval Date:	July 1, 1996
Implementation Date:	Fall 1996
Last Updated:	09/13/01

Child Development Specialist, TCC

Table Of Contents

General Program Standards

Admission Requirements

Program Numbering

Program Course Consistency and Sequence

Program Course List

Admissions

Required Age:		16	High School Diploma or GED Required?	Yes
Minimum Test Scores
	Reading:	38
	Mathematics:	31
	Writing:	35
	Other	N/A

Program Structure

Statement

A Major Code of CDE1 and a CIP Code of 131210 are applied to the Child Development Specialist TCC program

Explanatory Comment

Assignment of a statewide Major Code CDE1 and CIP Code 131210 to the program is the basis from which statewide programmatic consistency is developed.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program complies with the assigned Major Code(s) established in the relevant program-specific standards of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

Evaluative Criteria

Each authorized degree/diploma/certificate program is assigned a Major Program Code and a CIP Code.

Each degree/diploma/certificate program having a given Major Code is consistent with all other programs throughout the State which have the same Major Code.

Degree/diploma/certificate programs having multiple specializations are assigned a specialization Major Code for each option.

Program Course Consistency and Sequence

Statement

The Child Development Specialist TCC program utilizes essential course components consistent with statewide program requirements. Specific course alphanumeric identification codes are assigned to each course.

Explanatory Comment

Programs are assigned an identical Major Code CDE1 and are consistent statewide. Each specific course is assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as the statewide course identification code.

Evaluative Criteria

The Child Development Specialist TCC program is assigned a Major Code of CDE1, and utilizes essential components designated for that program number statewide.

Program Title

Child Development Specialist, TCC

Program Description

The purpose of this Technical Certificate is to provide the necessary skills for entry-level employment as a Child Development Specialist. Skill areas include planning a safe and healthy learning environment, steps to advance children’s physical and intellectual development, positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development; strategies to establish productive relationships with families, strategies to manage an effective program operation, professionalism; observing and recording children’s behavior, and principles of child growth and development.

Course Code	Course Name	Class Hours	D. Lab Hours	Lab/ OBI Hours	Weekly Contact Hours	Credit Hours
ECE 101	Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 103	Human Growth and Development I	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 105	Health, Safety and Nutrition	5	0	0	5	5
ECE 112	Curriculum Development	3	0	2	5	3
ECE 121	Early Childhood Care and Education Practicum I	1	0	6	7	3
or
EMP 100	Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development [P] Provisional admission	3	0	0	3	3

Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC) Final Exit Point

Child Development Specialist

21 Minimum quarter hours credit required for graduation

Updated CIP: 05/16/06