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R State Standard £ Institutionally Developed College: NA

ECE 1010 - Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education
Course Description This course introduces concepts relating the responsibilities and procedures involved in a variety of early childhood care situations. This course addresses key CDA competency goals and functional areas. Topics include: historical perspectives, professionalism, guidance, assessment and curriculum planning, learning environment, cultural diversity and licensing and accreditation.
Competency Areas	Hours
Historical Perspectives	Class	5
Professionalism	D. Lab	0
Guidance	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Assessment and Curriculum Planning	Credit	5
Learning Environment
Cultural Diversity
Licensing and Accreditation

Prerequisite:	Provisional admission
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES		5	0	0
	Demonstrate familiarity with major contributors to the field of early childhood care and education, including theories of typical and atypical early childhood development.
	Describe trends and issues in Early Childhood Education.
PROFESSIONALISM		10	0	0
	Describe career opportunities.
	Examine a variety of early childhood care and education settings.
	Identify early childhood care and education professional organizations.
	Identify positive qualities and needed dispositions of an early childhood professional.
	Identify professional codes of ethical conduct.
	Describe characteristics needed to communicate and work in a team environment.
	Examine strategies to collaborate as a team member with professionals and families to solve problems and build support.
	Identify necessary components of a professional resource file or portfolio.
GUIDANCE		5	0	0
	Identify individual and group guidance and problem-solving techniques which encourage and teach positive social skills and interaction among children, promote positive strategies for conflict resolution, and develop personal self-control, self-motivation, and proper self-esteem.
ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM PLANNING		10	0	0
	Identify different types of planning for developmentally and individually appropriate curricula and instructional practices based on knowledge of individual children, the family, the community, and curricular goals and content.
	Identify strategies for making transitions throughout the day.
	Recognize the components of a lesson plan.
	Recognize the components of an IEP and IFSP.
	Explore the use of Early Learning Standards and GPS standards for planning developmentally appropriate lessons.
	Develop a daily schedule.
	Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of assessment strategies to document the development and learning of young children’s cognitive, social-emotional, communication, motor, adaptive, and aesthetic development.
	Explore current developmental and learning experiences and teaching strategies with a continuum for the next age/grade level.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT		6	0	0
	Identify components of a well-organized, developmentally appropriate learning environment.
	Identify a safe physical, psychological, and healthy learning environment that promotes development and learning.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY		4	0	0
	Explain the importance of responding to cultural and learning diversity in the learning environment.
LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION		10	0	0
	Identify licensing requirements of a child care center.
	Identify sources for accrediting ECCE programs.

Suggested Resources

Text	Bentzen, W. (2000). Seeing Young Children: A guide to observing and recording behavior, 4^th Ed. New York, NY: Delmar.
	Essa, E. (2003). Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 4^th Ed. Albany, NY: Delmar.
	Gordon, A. & Browne, K. (2007). Beginnings and Beyond, 7^th Ed. New York, NY: Delmar.
	Herr, J. (2004). Working with Young Children. Tinley Park, IL: Goodheart-Wilcox.
	Mayesky, M. (2002). Creative Activities for Young Children, 7^th Ed. New York, NY: Delmar.
	Nilsen, B. (2001). Week by Week: Plans for Observing and Recording Young Children, 2^nd Ed. New York, NY: Delmar.
	Taylor, B. (2004). A Child Goes Forth, 10^th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Merrill, Prentice-Hall.
Video	Carter-Black, D. (Producer), Mcaleer, V., Scott, C. (Directors). (1999). Ten Things Every Child Needs for the Best Start in Life! [Videotape]. Chicago, IL: Consumer Vision, Inc.
	Peterson, T. (Producer) & Shreve, D. (Director). (2002). Negative Behavior-Positive Discipline [Videotape]. Monmouth Junction, NJ: Cambridge Educational Research Group, Ltd.

Posted: 01/06/08