Depending on the level of training and experience, graduates may find employment as a preschool teacher, extended day teacher, child care teacher or assistant teacher, family child care provider, nanny, home visitor, head start teacher, paraprofessional in an elementary school, or a child care resource and referral counselor. This course also examines job requirements, duties, regulations, and issues, skills, and personal characteristics for becoming successful professionals in early childhood settings. It integrates developmental theory with appropriate practices in a variety of early childhood care and education settings. Topics include preventing illness and accidents, handling emergencies, providing health, safety and nutritional educational experiences, meeting children's basic nutritional needs, child abuse and current health-related issues. It includes an introduction to basic child guidance techniques for individual and group situations.
Students apply their knowledge of the environment's role in an actual work setting.
Students will integrate knowledge of temperaments and ages and stages of development so caregivers can create nurturing relationship, use positive child guidance techniques and developing positive social skills infants and toddlers. This module will explore ways to crate developmentally appropriate environments and caregiving routines. Students will integrate knowledge of developmentally appropriate caregiving and teaching strategies in order to create a safe, healthy learning environment for infants and toddlers. Students will integrate knowledge of observation methods and ages and stages of development in order to facilitate infant-toddler language and cognitive growth and development. This module will examine ways to be culturally sensitive and build partnerships with parents.