Early Childhood Education
(To keep up with industry needs and provide appropriate training, program requirements are reviewed every year. The requirements listed below are effective Summer Quarter 2007 through Spring 2009.)

Degree Options:  5 different Short-Term Certificates of Achievement (ST), Certificate of Completion (CC) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Prerequisites

Some or all of the following are required. See your faculty adviser for specific details.

...Some classes have entry requirements not listed here.

Initial Childcare Assistant

13-16 credits

Pathways to the initial certificate of completion may include Child Development Associate (CDA), Tech-Prep articulated courses, and WAOL online courses.

EDUC 100

Introduction to Child Care

2

Meets the basic training outcomes for personnel in early childhood and school-age child-care centers as mandated by Washington State Legislature and outlined by the Washington State Training and Registry System [STARS].

EDUC 121	Health, Nutrition, and Safety	3
EDUC 140	Cooperative Education (see note below)	3-6
EDUC 143	Environments for Learning	3
EDUC 162	Child Abuse and Neglect	2

Early Childhood Education ~ Other Short-Term Certificates

16-19 credits

Complete these courses and one or more tracks below for individual certificates. Complete EDUC 140 for each certificate selected. EDUC 119 not required for Infant-Toddler certificate.

EDUC 112	Child Development	5
EDUC 119	Guiding Behavior ¶	5
EDUC 140	Cooperative Education	3-6

EDUC 140 must be in an approved practicum site related to specific certificate track. One quarter prior to enrolling in EDUC 140, students must complete a Washington State Patrol background check or present evidence of current documentation.

Early Childhood

EDUC 253

Methods in Literacy Development ¶

5

Family-Home Childcare

EDUC 101

Survey of Family Child Care

3

Infant-Toddler

EDUC 126	Child, Family, and Society ¶	5
EDUC 250	Nurturing Care for Infants and Toddlers	3

School-Age

EDUC 252

Methods for School-Age Care

3

Associate of Applied Science

90 credits

Certificate requirements

Only EDUC 140 may be repeated for credit applied to degree.

All credits from Initial Child Care Assistant certificate.	13–16
Plus all short-term certificate courses marked with ¶	5–10
Plus all credits from one additional short-term certificate.	18–20

Professional-Technical (PT)

EDUC 113	Language Development and Acquisition	5
EDUC 115	Education of Young Children	5
EDUC 144	Survey of Curriculum	3/5
	or
EDUC 145	Curriculum Development
EDUC 210	Human Exceptionalities	5
EDUC 240	Cooperative Education	3–6
EDUC 255	Methods in Science, Math, and Technology	5
EDUC 281	Professional Education Development	1

PT Electives (Select from the following for a minimum 90 credits.)

EDUC 230	Teaching Learning and Behavior Disorders	5
EDUC 235	Methods for Inclusion	5
EDUC 251	Methods in Music	3
EDUC 256	Perceptual Motor Development	2
EDUC 258	Methods in Art	3

Related Instruction (RI)

ANTHR 202	Cultural Anthropology	5
	or
PSYCH 100	Introduction to Psychology
	or
SOC 110	Introduction to Sociology
	or
SOC 200	Sociology of the Family
MATH 107	Math—A Practical Art	5
	or
MATH 180	Foundations of Arithmetic
WRIT 101	Principles of Writing	5

Important Notes:

...This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.

...Certificate and AAS programs emphasize preparation in specific job skills required for entry-level employment.

...Not all classes are offered every quarter or at night.

...Students attending only in the evening must remember it is likely to take longer than two years to complete program.

...Coursework is highly interactive and includes field-based internships.

...Some classes are offered in self-paced, lab setting.

Department Web Site and Contact Information
http://flightline.highline.edu/education