This course focuses on professional ethics and issues in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field. Students will review historical and current trends related to ECE, and types of programs of early education and care. Center observation is required.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on applying knowledge of the characteristics and needs of young children from birth through adolescence, for the creation of healthy, supportive, and effective learning environments. Multiple, interrelated influences on the development and learning of young children will be examined.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on developmentally appropriate methods of observing, documenting, and assessing young children from birth to age five. On-site center observations are required.
4 Credit Hours
This course focuses on current curriculum standards recognized in the field of Early Childhood Education. Students will practice planning high-quality developmentally appropriate learning experiences and environments for young children from birth to age five.
4 Credit Hours
This course focuses on children's experiences emphasizing the health and safety needs of young children: including laws, rules, procedures, and routines in early childhood settings.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on professional ethics and issues in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field. Students will review historical and current trends related to ECE, and types of programs of early education and care. Center observation is required. This course includes additional materials and assignments related to the preparation for the Child Development Associate Credential (CDA).
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on applying knowledge of the characteristics and needs of young children from birth through adolescence, for the creation of healthy, supportive, and effective learning environments. Multiple, interrelated influences on the development and learning of young children will be examined. This course includes additional materials and assignments related to the preparation for the Child Development Associate Credential (CDA).
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on children's experiences emphasizing the health and safety needs of young children: including laws, rules, procedures, and routines in early childhood settings. This course includes additional materials and assignments related to the preparation for the Child Development Associate Credential (CDA).
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on planning developmentally appropriate experiences for preschool children following guidelines of professional standards. Content areas include literacy, creative art, and music.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on planning developmentally appropriate experiences for preschool children following guidelines of professional standards. Content areas include math, science, and social studies.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on a comprehensive application of the practices and ethical considerations fundamental for fostering professionalism in the field of early childhood education.
2 Credit Hours
This course focuses on identifying different methods for family and community partnerships, ways to foster family engagement in the classroom, and resources to support the needs of diverse families.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on developmentally appropriate guidance and behavioral intervention strategies used by early childhood professionals to help foster positive social and emotional skills in young children from birth to age five.
3 Credit Hours
Varied content offering of special interest to the discipline but not covered within existing courses; may be scheduled in a classroom/seminar setting or in non-traditional format.
0.5 - 9 Credit Hours
This course focuses on demonstrating best practices in an early childhood education classroom. Students will complete the state requirement of 300 classroom hours and will attend a weekly seminar on Sinclair's main campus. Background checks/fingerprints and medical documentation will be required before registration. Two classroom, twenty-one practicum hours per week.
5 Credit Hours
This course focuses on high-quality caregiving and developmentally appropriate practices when engaging with infants and toddlers. The importance of quality environments that support development is discussed as they relate to required standards and the care of infants and toddlers.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on demonstrating best practices in an early childhood education classroom. Students will complete the state requirement of 150 out of the 300 classroom hours and will attend a weekly seminar on Sinclair's main campus. Background checks/fingerprints and medical documentation will be required before registration. Both ECE 2303 and ECE 2304 must be completed to meet full requirements.
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on demonstrating best practices in an early childhood education classroom. Students will complete the state requirement of 150 out of the 300 classroom hours and will attend a weekly seminar on Sinclair's main campus. Background checks/fingerprints and medical documentation will be required before registration. Both ECE 2303 and ECE 2304 must be completed to meet full requirements.
2 Credit Hours