Early Childhood Education - Lehigh Carbon Community College

Early Childhood Education from Lehigh Carbon Community College is a Campus Associate Early Childhood Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. This program prepares the graduate to work with children aged birth through nine. Students who complete the AAS in ECE are qualified as a group supervisor or head teacher in an early care and education program, including Head Start classrooms and childcare centers with children in infant/toddler, preschool or school-age care. With additional experience, graduates can be qualified to be center directors. Students who transfer to four-year colleges work towards Pre-K to fourth grade teacher certification for employment in early childhood or elementary school settings. Students seeking to transfer and interested in seeking teaching certification must consult with an advisor or counselor to select electives very carefully in accordance with the general education and/or preprofessional requirements of the four-year college or university to which students intend to transfer are highly recommended to: 1. Identify transfer institution early and carefully follow advisor,college catalog, college web page along with transfer agreement. 2. Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher 3. Successfully take the Praxis PPST exams in order to transfer. 4. Maintain a credential portfolio which includes clearances such as child abuse, state police, FBI and health clearances. 5. Document all observations and experiences. 6. Take Field Experience I early or lab classes that will allow for authentic observation experience. 7. Engage in Professional Community Engagement and Advocacy?TESA-Teacher Education Student Association (Kappa Delta Pi?Teacher Education Honor Society). 8. Successfully complete six credits in math and immediately take Praxis Math exam. 9. Two Special Education courses are recommended (SED). 10. At least one ESL course is highly recommended. You may take as electives the other three ESL courses to gain ESL certification in the future. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to: summarize patterns of child growth and development in children ages 8 and under. utilize appropriate regulations and best practices to design and implement a quality early childhood environment. connect theories of learning and developmentally appropriate practice to create and implement quality curriculum units for early childhood classrooms. formulate a plan for supporting collaborative family relationships. summarize the role of advocacy for the early childhood profession. demonstrate proper supervision of children in early education classrooms. View more details on Lehigh Carbon Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Early Childhood Education courses.