Early Childhood education

Course Description: This course is designed to provide the skills needed to secure employment as a teaching assistant in a childcare center, preschool, or elementary school. Focus is on ages birth to eight. Students enrolled in the program receive training in the classroom setting and in a licensed childcare facility. 

Included are the eight key areas of professional knowledge:  

Child Growth and Development  

Health, Nutrition and Safety  

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Guidance

Family and Community Relationships

Diversity

Professionalism

Administration and Supervision

Colorado Academic Standards

Reading, Writing & Communications

Eleventh / Twelfth Grade Band, Standard 1. 

Oral Expression & Listening 1. Follow collaborative guidelines to ensure a hearing of a full range of positions on a topic or issue, and evaluate responses.

Eleventh / Twelfth Grade Band, Standard 1. 

Oral Expression & Listening 2. Integrate credible, accurate information into appropriate media and formats to meet an audience’s needs.

Eleventh / Twelfth Grade Band, Standard 2. 

Reading for All Purposes: 2. Interpret and evaluate complex informational texts using various critical reading strategies.                                               

Eleventh / Twelfth Grade Band, Standard 3. 

Writing and Composition 3. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.    

Eleventh / Twelfth Grade Band, Standard 4. 

Research & Design 1. Synthesize multiple, authoritative literary and/or informational sources to answer questions or solve problems, producing well-organized and developed research projects that defend information, conclusions, and solutions.  

Career and Technical Education Standards: Hospitality, Human Services and Education Cluster

https://coctestandards.cccs.edu/WebFormOutputFormat.aspx

Industry Certifications:

Colorado Office of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Professional Credential 3.0

Concurrent  Enrollment Credit: students earn college credit at Arapahoe Community College and high school credit concurrently.

ECE students earn a total of 12 college credits with the successful* completion of all 4 courses. (*C or better grade)

ECE 1011 Introduction to Early Childhood Education (3 Credits)

ECE 1111 Infant and Toddler Theory and Practice (3 Credits)

ECE 1031 Guidance Strategies for Young Children (3 Credits) 

ECE 2051 Nutrition, Health & Safety (3 Credits)

High School Credit: Practical Arts credit

EPIC's Academic Integrity Policy