ECE Early Childhood Education

ECE-100 Introduction to Early Childhood Programs (1 cr.)
Fall and Spring
History of early childhood programs for children through age 8, developmentally appropriate practice, current issues, professionalism, employability skills and attitudes, career exploration. Early Childhood majors only.

ECE-303 Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Infants and Toddlers (3 cr.)
Fall
Developmentally appropriate practices for teaching with infants and toddlers in group settings. Contrast of appropriate and inappropriate practices. Emphasis on play, creativity, health
and safety, integrated curriculum, appropriate teaching strategies, assessment, program models, and writing lesson plans for infants and toddlers. Observations required.

Prerequisites: take HDFS-124.

ECE-307 Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Preschool (4 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Developmentally appropriate teaching practices with preschool children in group settings. Play, creativity, health and safety, integrated curriculum, teaching strategies, assessment, program models and lesson plans. Observations and practicum required. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

Prerequisites: take HDFS-124.

ECE-309 Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Kindergarten -- Primary (2 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Developmentally appropriate teaching practices in kindergarten through grade 3 in group settings. Play, creativity, health and safety, integrated curriculum, teaching strategies, assessment, program models and lesson plans. Observations required. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed. Prerequisites: take HDFS-124.

ECE-364 Observing and Guiding Children: Early Childhood Classrooms (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Essential elements in guiding children in early childhood classrooms. Positive guidance strategies, introduction to early childhood classroom management, effects of guidance on children's social and emotional development, developing an eclectic approach. Power, process, ethics, methods of observing, documenting children's behavior, progress, development. Observation and participation in early childhood classrooms required. Minimum cumulative grade point average 2.75. Education majors must have passed PPST. Prerequisites: take PSYC-110, HDFS-124, and ECE-303.

ECE-410 Early Childhood Curriculum: Science (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Methods and materials for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating science curricula for early childhood (birth-grade 3). Emphasis on science process skills while fostering foundational knowledge in all science areas. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

Prerequisites: take ECE-303 and ECE-307 and ECE-309.

ECE-411 Early Childhood Curriculum: Mathematics (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Mathematics curriculum planning for early childhood (birth through 3rd grade), including selection, organization, presentation, and evaluation of appropriate curricula. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

Prerequisites: take ECE-303 and ECE-307.

ECE-412 Early Childhood Curriculum: Social Studies (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Methods and materials for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating social studies curriculum for early childhood (birth-3rd grade). Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

Prerequisites: take ECE-303 and ECE-307 and ECE-309.

ECE-413 Language Arts and Emergent Reading I: Birth-Kindergarten (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Developmentally appropriate strategies and materials for planning, implementing, and evaluating language arts. Emphasis on developing emergent literacy skills and language arts with children Birth through Kindergarten. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

Prerequisites: take ECE-303.

ECE-414 Early Childhood Clinical Experience: Integrated Curriculum (2 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Development of competencies in planning, teaching, and evaluating the integrated curriculum for the early childhood period. Participation in an early childhood setting required. Education Majors: Benchmark I completed.

ECE-421 Administration of Early Childhood Programs (2 cr.)
Fall
A study of program organization, program design, staffing, licensing, certification, equipment and facilities for operating early childhood education programs. Field trips required.

ECE-426 Advanced Classroom Management and Guidance (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Advanced study of managing early childhood classrooms. Management of the physical environment, instructional context, including large and small groups, and social context. Building a classroom community and encouraging collaborative learning. Assessing management of early childhood classrooms. Analysis of classroom management programs. Observation/participation in early childhood classrooms required.

Prerequisites: take ECE-364.

ECE-427 Child Abuse and Neglect (2 cr.)
Fall
Systemic nature, forms and indicators, and prevention of abuse/neglect. Factors contributing to, and intervention skills in, coping with the effects of abuse/neglect on children and families at risk.

ECE-433 Language Arts/Reading -- Early Childhood Education (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Current philosophies, methodology and materials for teaching reading: readiness activities and beginning reading in early childhood.

ECE-435 Children, Families, Schools and Communities (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Building family, school, and community partnerships to support children's well being and educational success. Theories and processes used to establish positive home-school-community
relations.

ECE-464 Special Topics in Early Childhood Curriculum(1-3 cr.)
Philosophy and methodology of early childhood education: problems confronting teachers.

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ECE-480 Student Teaching: Infant, Toddler, Preschool (4-8 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Full-day student teaching in a school setting for one quarter, based on the university calendar, with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers. Includes parent interaction and seminar sessions. Professional program admission required.

ECE-480A Student Teaching in Preschool Programs (4 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Directed teaching and community experience in selected early childhood centers.

ECE-480B Student Teaching in Kindergarten (4 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Directed teaching and community experience in selected kindergartens.

ECE-488 Intern Teaching (8-16 cr.)
An alternate method of obtaining student teaching experience. Teacher interns receive license to teach and salaried appointments in cooperating school systems for one full semester.

ECE-492 Student Teaching in Prekindergarten (8 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Full-day student teaching experience at the prekindergarten level in a preschool setting, together with a weekly one-hour student teaching seminar session. The student teaching experience follows the calendar of the preschool. Not available to students who have taken ECE-480A and/or 212-490. Early Childhood majors only. School of Education permission required.

Prerequisites: take HDFL-335 and HDFL-344 and ECE-433.

ECE-493 Student Teaching: Kindergarten (4-8 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Full-day student teaching in a school setting for one quarter based on the host school's calendar with kindergarten age children. Includes parent interaction and seminar sessions. Professional program admission required.

ECE-494 Student Teaching: Primary (4-8 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Full-day student teaching in a school setting for one quarter based on the host school's calendar in grade 1, 2 or 3. Includes parent interaction and seminar sessions. Professional program admission required.