Early Childhood Education

20401

Advisor: Sharron Navarro (Gila Pueblo) 

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program is designed for early childhood educators that will prepare them to meet the specific needs children in a child development setting through instruction on nurturing a child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs, setting up and maintaining a childcare environment, and establishing a liaison relationship between parents and a child development center.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how teachers and childcare providers create relationships with parents and families through communication and involvement.
2. Design developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities that support families.
3. Compare and contrast historical, contemporary trends in Early Childhood and examine issues of ethics and professionalism.
4. Examine theories and milestones of growth and development in children.
5. Explain the importance of providing a healthy and safe environment for young children using current information from licensing.
6. Demonstrate techniques to assist with assessment, guidance, and discipline of young children.
7. Demonstrate techniques to observe young children for assessment purposes.
8. Integrate children’s literature into curriculum.