a) Knowledge and facilitation of child development and learning b) Use of play-based strategies for children’s learning across all developmental domains.

a) Knowledge, respect, and curiosity about culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion. b) Responsive approaches to individual cultures, language development, and needs

a) Supporting Children’s positive Social-Emotional Development. Creating a positive Social-emotional classroom climate b) Developing skills to facilitate and foster social skills and positive guidance techniques.

a) Communication with families. Builds strong relationships with children and families. b) Knowledge of Community resources.

a) Knowledge of Curriculum planning b) The role of environments, schedules and routines. Strategies to support learning and development.

a) Professional/ conduct development. b) Beginning competency in a specialized body or area of knowledge.

This course provides historical context and theoretical perspectives of developmentally appropriate practices in early care and education for children from birth through age eight. The course emphasizes best practices for developmentally appropriate learning environments, curriculum, and effective pedagogy for young children including how play contributes to children's learning, growth, and development. Topics include professional ethics, career pathways, professional standards, and the typical roles and expectations of early childhood educators. Students are required to observe children in a group setting.

This course explores developmentally appropriate curriculum and environments for children from birth through age eight. Students use knowledge of children's development, theories of learning and development, and examples from various models of developmentally appropriate practice to plan environments and curriculum in all content areas to support children's development and learning integrated throughout indoor and outdoor settings. Students are required to observe children in a group setting.

This course examines the processes of socialization focusing on the interrelationship of family, school, and community, and the influence of multiple societal contexts. Students explore the role of collaboration between family, community, and schools in supporting children’s development, from birth through adolescence. Students are required to observe children in a group setting.

This course examines progression of development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains and identifies developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence. There is an emphasis on interactions between biological processes and environmental factors. Students observe children, evaluate individual differences, and analyze characteristics of development at various stages according to developmental theories.