Early Childhood Education (AAS)

Elementary Education Information

 

Early Childhood Education

 

Program Information

Early Childhood Education Program Information

Associate of Applied Science

 

CurriculumAccreditationProgram Outcomes

 

Early childhood educators have the opportunity to have a significant impact on children’s lives, using their knowledge and skills to help children explore, learn, and interpret the world around them. The early years of a child’s life set the stage, and much of what he or she learns and experiences during this time shapes his or her world in ways that can last a lifetime.

 

Additional Program Information

Early Childhood Education (AAS) Program

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Program Handbook

No program handbook available.

 

Program Mission & Outcomes

Program Outcomes

  1. Apply local, state and national guidelines and regulations in an Early Childhood Education environment.
  2. Implement ethical, responsible, and developmentally appropriate practices in Early Childhood Education.
  3. Model interpersonal skills such as leadership, enthusiasm, problem solving, and commitment to nurturing the whole child within the  Early Childhood profession and to engage in a network of ongoing professional development.
  4. Develop, observe, and assess unbiased and developmentally appropriate Early Childhood curricula in partnerships with families and other professionals.
  5. Create curriculum and strategies to improve children's development in language arts, numeracy, technology, social/emotional and physical development through the process of interconnected curricular content development.
  6. Acknowledge and promote the awareness of and sensitivity to the diversity of families and communities.
  7. Identify and use community resources to advocate for young children and their families to encourage parents as their child's first teacher.
  8. Apply child development theories and techniques to meet the needs of typically and atypically developing children.
  9. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of influences on curriculum with a focus on assessment of curriculum practices within a variety of programs.
  10. Develop curriculum with a focus on differentiation for the purposes of ongoing individual and group assessment and instruction.

Effective: November 2019

Baker College Mission and Vision

 

 

Student Learning Outcomes

Academic Plan

Background Check Requirements

Yes, Criminal Background Check and a Department of Health and Human Services clearance are required.  Visit the Background Checks page for more information.

 

Additional Program Information

Please see your Program Director for additional program information.

 

Library Resources

Visit the Baker College Research Guide page for library research resources for this program.

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Clinical / Work Experience Information

Multiple fieldwork placements required, as well as one (1) formal internship.

For information about when to apply, how to apply, and application requirements, please visit our Work Experience Information web page.

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Career Readiness

Visit the Career Readiness page for more information and resources on preparing for your future career.

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Education information

Campus Location:

    Online Live (OLL)

Advising:

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    (833) 691-7867
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Program Director:

Dr. Michelle Mertic, ([email protected])