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ECE 1025 - Professionalism through CDA
Certificate Preparation |
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Course Description Provides training in professionalism through Child Development
Associate Credentialing Certificate preparation in the following areas:
applying for the Child Development Associate Credential through Direct
Assessment; professional resource file development; and, strategies to
establish positive and productive relationships with families. |
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Competency Areas |
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CDA Credential Application Process |
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2 |
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Professional Resource File Development |
D. Lab |
1 |
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Positive and Productive Relationships with Families |
P. Lab/O.B.I. |
0 |
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Credit |
2 |
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Prerequisite: |
Program admission, ECE 1010, ECE 1030, ECE 1050, 480 clock hours of
work experience within last five years with young children and/or ECE 1021, and
ECE 1022. |
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Corequisite: |
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Course
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Competency |
After
completing this section, the student will be able to: |
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D. Lab
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P. Lab/ O.B.I. |
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CDA Credential
Application Process |
5 |
2
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0 |
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CDA Credential through Direct Assessment |
CDA Contact Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition for
CDA candidate |
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5 |
14
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Importance of
early childhood education professionalism. |
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Development of
Professional Resource File for CDA Document of Competency |
Begin the
preparation of the professional resource file that is a collection of
reference material that the CDA will use an early childhood professional. It
contains a description of the CDA candidate's work with child care
information resources. |
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Positive and
Productive Relationships with Families |
10 |
4
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Positive and productive relationships with families. |
Maintain an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each
child's family, encourages their involvement in the program, and supports the
child's relationship with his or her family. |
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Suggested
Resources |
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Text |
Beaty, J.J. (1988). Skills for Preschool
teachers. |
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Bredekamp, S. (1992). Developmentally
appropriate practice in early childhood program serving children from birth through age 8. |
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CDA Competency Standards Books. Washington, DC:
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition.
Essentials Workbook. Washington,
DC: Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition. Herr, J. (2008) Working with young children. And Student Activity Guide. Gordon and Browne (2008). Beginnings and Beyond. |
Template Updated: 01/06/09