• EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 1
    This course includes the following content: child care rules and regulations, safe learning environments, stages of child development, developmentally appropriate practices, and communication skills, principles of child nutrition and technology use; as well as competencies from the DCF 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training coursework.
    Grade: 9
    Prerequisite: None

    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 2
    This course covers competencies on professionalism, community resources, the importance of relationship skills and communicating with children’s families, history of school-age child care, infant-toddler developmentally appropriate guidance activities, and observing and recording methods; as well as competencies from the DCF 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training coursework. Students will continue working directly with children 5 years of age or younger to complete the ECPC work experience requirement.
    Grade: 10
    Prerequisite: Early Childhood Education 1

    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3
    This course includes competencies in developing lesson plans, child development theories, factors that affect the development of a child, and developmentally appropriate practices and activities for infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children. Also covered are components on working with students with special needs, language use & acquisition, emergent literacy, creative expression, classroom management techniques, observation data, and creating optimum environments for all children; as well as competencies from the DCF 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training coursework. Students will continue working directly with school-aged children to complete the ECPC work experience requirement.
    Grade: 11
    Prerequisite: Early Childhood Education 2

    EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 4
    In this course students will acquire competence in the areas of creating a successful developmentally appropriate curriculum, mentoring, developing recognizing cultural differences when planning activities, community resources, classroom management, pediatric first aid, including children with special needs, recent trends and issues in early childhood education, and professionalism; as well as competencies from the DCF 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training coursework. Students will have completed the ECPC 480-hour work experience requirement by the end of this course.
    Grade: 12
    Prerequisite: Early Childhood Education 3

     

    Full program guide.

  • Certification available:

    Early Childhood Professional Certificate through DCF, upon completion of the 4 years of courses and passing of the certification exam.