Category Archives: Preschool Specialization

ECE 210 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization, Preschool Specialization

Social Foundations of Early Care and Education

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of the social context of early care and education. It focuses on the historical, philosophical, sociological, and political foundations of programs for young children, birth to eight years. The following topics will be explored in depth: historical and contemporary theories of early childhood education; multicultural and social ecological factors in early care and schooling, particularly for diverse urban settings; early childhood programming; family and community involvement; advocacy, trends and current issues in early childhood practice. This course requires 30 hours of fieldwork.

Artifact: Advocacy Project

ECE 110-Seminar Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization, Preschool Specialization

ECE 110 Seminar

Course Description:

ECE 110-Seminar explores professionalism in the field of early childhood education. Career pathways in early childhood are discussed, including NYS teacher certification. Students examine different age groups an early childhood professional can work with, analyzing the skills, qualities and dilemmas accompanying age.

Artifact: Professional Development Plan 

Do you want to be an ECI (infant/ toddler) or ECP (preschool) major? Why?

–       I would like to be an ECP major ; Because I love working and interacting with that age group . Their minds and the way they explore the world at that age is fun and interesting .

What qualities do you have that will help you be successful working with your chosen age group?

–      Patiences ; being able to work in a very high active field with young age children means a lot . Dealing with a lot of different emotions and behaviors can be very over stimulating

What skills would you like to develop that will help you be more effective working with that age group?

–       Listening ; Sometime the children attend to have little issue amongst each other in the class . They do a lot of problem solving . Sometime when I see that they’re way of problem solving isn’t working . I just make it much easy and have everyone clean up and and do quiet time with a book .

What are your career goals?

–       My career goal is to one day to have my own daycare center . That is giving all children even with specials needs the equal help and assistants to get through they’re early stages of development .

What steps will you take to achieve those career goals?

1.Finishing school

 

2. Continue working and finding jobs that help support my career where I can learn and gain even more experiences then what I already have

 

3. Go for more certifications and states exams that can help me get my licenses

 

4.Finding places that best fits the area of the center ; try to find funding if its possible

 

5.Search for a great professional supportive team that best fits the needs of my center and learning for future children

 

What steps will you take at BMCC to help you reach those goals?

1.Visit the BMCC Early Childhood Education Department and see if staff there can help with the resources they can supply 

2. Pick up Early education course and trains if any are available

 

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ECE 110 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization, Preschool Specialization

Psychological Foundations of Early Development and Education

Course Description:

This course examines the psychological and psychosocial foundations of early childhood and relates these foundations to educational practice with young children, birth to eight years. It focuses on historical and contemporary theories of childhood development. Early learning is considered in relation to biological factors, child and family factors, program factors and social factors, particularly in diverse urban settings. Young children’s physical, cognitive, communicative, social and emotional development is explored as contributors to and as consequences of early learning experiences.

Artifact: Analysis of Child Development Commentary Paper

ECE 410 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Infant-Toddler Specialization, Preschool Specialization

Educational Foundations and Pedagogy for The Exceptional Child

Course Description:

This course examines the education of children (birth to eight years) with special needs, along with the historical, social, cultural, and legal foundations of special education in the U.S. It explores the causes and effects of various exceptionalities, including: emotional, intellectual, physical, visual, auditory, orthopedic, speech and/or language and giftedness. Techniques for differentiated learning and universal design are analyzed; issues of ethno-cultural diversity are explored, including methods for working with the families of children with special needs in respectful, non-biased ways. This course requires 30 hours of fieldwork.

Artifact: Identifying and Assessing a Focus Child

ECE 411 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Preschool Specialization

Early Childhood Practicum II: Pedagogy for Young Children

Course Description:

This is a capstone fieldwork course that enables students to demonstrate their competencies teaching young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting (preschool to second grade) and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will utilize practical classroom experiences to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behaviors, and build a comprehensive understanding of children and families. Child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment; and knowledge of curriculum content areas will be emphasized as student teachers design, implement and evaluate experiences that promote positive development and learning for young children with diverse learning styles and needs. Students spend a minimum of 90 hours in the field.

Artifact: Intentional Teaching Capstone Project

ECE 211 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Preschool Specialization

Curriculum for Young Children I

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to the theories, methods and materials of curriculum planning in early childhood education (preschool to second grade), with an emphasis on providing developmentally and culturally appropriate learning environments and experiences that encourage creativity in young children. The following topics are explored in depth: the intellectual and emotional importance of fostering creativity, the role of play in learning, the design of effective arts-based learning environments; the role of visual arts, music, movement and language arts/emergent literacy in developing children’s cognitive, social-emotional, physical, language and self-help skills. Course work includes workshops in planning and implementing creative arts experiences for young children.

Artifacts: Learning Environment Project, Curriculum Web & Activity Plan

ECE 312 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Preschool Specialization

Curriculum for Young Children II

Course Description:

This course is a continuation of ECE 211, focusing on the theories, methods and materials of curriculum planning in early childhood education (preschool to second grade). The emphasis in this course is on providing developmentally and culturally appropriate learning environments and experiences that encourage foundational social scientific, mathematic and scientific thinking and skills in young children. The following topics are explored in depth: social studies as a lens by which young children can explore our diverse ethno-cultural society and their place in it; the use of materials and play-based techniques to facilitate ways of constructing everyday mathematical ideas; the creation of environments and experiences that stimulate children’s scientific curiosity and playful exploration of our natural and human-made world; the use of block/construction and cooking experiences for the integration of social studies, mathematics, science, literacy and the arts. Course work includes workshops in planning and implementing inquiry/play-based experiences for young children.

Artifact: Learning Experiences Unit

ECE 311 Course Description & Academic Artifact

Preschool Specialization

Early Childhood Practicum I: Observing and Recording

Course Description:

This is a fieldwork course focusing on the observation and assessment of young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood setting (preschool to second grade) and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will learn the appropriate use of assessment and observation strategies to document the development, growth, play and learning of young children; and how authentic assessment methods can be used to tailor curriculum to promote children’s success. Recording strategies, rating systems, child studies/portfolios, and various assessment tools are explored. Students spend a minimum of 60 hours in the field.

Artifact: Developmental Domains Child Case Study