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Certificate in Early Childhood Education
Total Credit Hours: 30-31
About Certificate in Early Childhood Education
Early childhood educators and caregivers work in Head Start programs, childcare centers, family home care programs, elementary schools, social services programs, and health care services. These professionals plan and implement appropriate experiences for young children in areas such as language, health, movement, creativity, thinking, problem solving, self-concept and social behavior. They also supervise children's activities, care for their needs, keep records of their progress, and confer with parents and other professionals.
The Certificate in Early Childhood Education is closely aligned with national standards and meets Head Start requirements for classroom aides. Only major requirement courses that have a grade of "C" or better will be counted towards the Certificate.
The Certificate in Early Childhood Education CDA Track is closely aligned with national standards and meets Head Start requirements for classroom personnel. As part of this program there is an option for students to earn a 'stackable' internationally recognized credential, the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential.
| Early Childhood Education Track | ||
| Major Requirements | ||
| Course | Course Name | Credits |
| CD110 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| CD140 | Nutrition and Physical Health | 3 |
| CD180 | Language Arts Development in Early Childhood | 3 |
| CD221 OR ED220 |
Child Growth & Development OR Human Growth & Development |
3 |
| CD240 | Cognitive & Creative Development in Early Childhood | 3 |
| CD260 | Social & Emotional Development | 3 |
| CD292 | ECE Practicum | 3 |
| ED231 | Introduction to Exceptionalities | 3 |
| ED265 | Culture and Educaiton in Guam | 3 |
| Choose 1 course from the following | ||
| CD285 | Childcare Management | 3-4 |
| ED180A | Educational Methods I | |
| ASL100 | American Sign Language I | |
| CH110 | CHamoru I | |
| JA110 | Japanese I | |
| Certificate Total | 30-31 | |
| Early Childhood Education Child Development Associate (CDA) Track | ||
| Major Requirements | ||
| Course | Course Name | Credits |
| CD110 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| CD140 | Nutrition and Physical Health | 3 |
| CD180 | Language Arts Development in Early Childhood | 3 |
| CD221 | Child Growth and Development | 3 |
| CD260 | Social and Emotional Development | 3 |
| CD285 | Childcare Management | 3 |
| CD293 | Child Development Associate (CDA) Practicum | 12 |
| Certificate Total | 30 | |
2024-2025 College Catalog
General Requirements for Certificates
Effective fall Semester 2003, several academic policy changes were implemented to ensure that students are adequately prepared to meet business and industry standards. All Undeclared or newly Declared Students enrolled in regularly scheduled postsecondary courses must be enrolled in or must have completed developmental coursework for Math and English or have successfully placed into post-secondary Math and English (or equivalent).
Students must fulfill the English general education requirement by the time they have enrolled in 12 credits of classes. This means that students may take only nine (9) credits before they must begin meeting the general education requirements. All declared students in Certificate programs will be required to successfully complete minimum general education course requirements. For more information, refer to the Admissions Information, General Education Policy section of this catalog.
A. General Education Requirements
Students must demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing, understanding and speaking English as indicated by one of the following:
- Test out of the English Placement Test (or equivalent), or
- Satisfactory completion of EN097 courses and
- Test out of the Math Placement Test (or equivalent), or
- Satisfactory completion of MA098 course
B. Major Requirements. Total Major Requirements vary by program. Minimum Total Credits Required for a Certificate is 30 credits.
* No course may be counted for both Major and General Education requirements.
** Placement testing is not mandatory for admission to the College. Completion of placement testing or equivalent, however, is required for enrollment into English and mathematics courses. Therefore, students who plan to enroll full-time in a program should take the placement test to be eligible for a full load of courses.
Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Early Childhood Education program, students will be able to:
- Advocate appropriate practices for children, model professionalism, and demonstrate ethical conduct based on guidelines from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
- Effectively and respectfully communicate with students, staff and families including those from diverse backgrounds and special populations.
- Implement various developmentally and age-appropriate teaching, assessment and guidance strategies needed to effectively work with young children from birth to age eight.
- Advocate appropriate practices based on the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
- Effectively and respectfully communicate with children, staff and families from diverse backgrounds and special populations.
- Implement developmentally and age-appropriate teaching needed to effectively work with children birth to age five.
- Prepare students to obtain the nationally recognized Child Development Associate (CDA) credential
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