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Early Childhood Certificate
You're a nurturer with a passion for kids and their development.
Learn the skills necessary for working with young children and how to develop and implement curricula for growth and development.
Level I Certificate Classes
This certificate equips individuals with an operational understanding of both historical and modern approaches to early childhood programs, covering the qualities and skills necessary for working with young children. Health, safety, and nutrition are also discussed as factors which impact growth and development of children from birth to age eight.
| Introduction to Early Childhood Education |
| Child Health, Safety, & Nutrition |
This course is an overview of early childhood programs and curricula, historical and present, and an examination of qualities and skills necessary for working with young children.
Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition
This course focuses on evidence-based concepts in the fields of health, safety, and nutrition, and their relations to the growth and development of the young child ages birth to eight. This course blends current theory with problem solving, practical applications, and assessments. The course includes collaboration with families and assesses the role of culture, language, and ability on health, safety, and nutrition decisions in early childhood settings.
Level II Certificate Classes
In this certificate students learn to develop curricula to support the development of each child, implementing evidence-based practices while being mindful of the impact of each child's family life, culture, language, and abilities. Students also learn to create appropriate learning oppurtunities, interactions, and environments for children to experience dramatic play, art, music, and fine and gross motor play; ultimately, students will be able to use assessment to analyze and guide children's behaviors.
| Early Childhood Curriculum I |
| Early Childhood Guidance |
This course focuses on developmentally appropriate, evidence-based approaches and positive guidance strategies for supporting the development of each child. The course emphasizes supportive interactions and developmentally appropriate environments while using assessment to analyze and guide behaviors. Students will learn the impact of family and each child's culture, language, and ability on child guidance.
Early Childhood Curriculum I
This course focuses on the development, implementation and assessment of appropriate environments and curricula for young children ages birth through eight. Students prepare to utilize evidence based practices in a context of children's family, culture, language, and abilities. An emphasis will be placed on understanding children's developmental stages and developing appropriate learning oppurtunities, interactions, and environments to support each child in the following areas: dramatic play, art, music, and fine and gross motor play.
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River Park Place, Suite 220
Burlington, Iowa 52601
Phone: (319) 208-5375
Email: cbiz@scciowa.edu