A child care assistant is an individual with an interest in working with young children in a classroom setting. Initially, Freshmen and Sophomore students are assigned to train in Voc-Tech s Child Care Development Laboratory Nursery School. Students observe the growth and development of the children, focusing on physical, social-emotional and cognitive growth. Students help to plan the activities that are part of the nursery school day. Upperclassmen work with pre-kindergarten aged children in the school's center.
Placement is offered and students assist teachers in the community at the early childhood level.
This affords students the opportunity to work with a variety of people in different learning environments. With the help of our related subjects, students put to use both the theory and practical methods to make them a better rounded student and, eventually, a better teacher. Besides teaching in the preschool or kindergarten areas, students go on to family child care, become health care workers, elementary education teachers, or enter any field related to children. Upon completion of the training program, graduates possess the necessary skills to be employed as workers in the early childhood education field. Graduates can apply to the Office of Child Care Services to be certified as preschool teachers.