Early Childhood Education Teacher, Certificate of Achievement

Upon successful completion of the Early Childhood Education Teacher Certificate, the student demonstrates the knowledge, training, and skills of a teacher in a private child care center or a publicly funded child care center in accordance with the Child Development Permit Matrix issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Skills demonstrated and practiced by a student include developmentally appropriate lesson planning and implementation for infant/toddlers, preschool and school-age children in subject areas including science, mathematics and language arts.

Minimum Units Required: 40

Recommended Sequence:

First Semester

Units

CDEV 021

Child and Adolescent Development

3

CDEV 026

Child, Family, and Community

3

Elective

General Education Requirement:

 

ENG 001A

Written Communications

3

 

or

 

ENG 079

Preparatory English

5

Elective

General Education Requirement:
Social Sciences

3

Second Semester

CDEV 029

Early Childhood Experiences: Arts and Sciences

3

CDEV 031A

ECE Theory: Working with Children

3

CDEV 032A

Early ECE Practicum

3

Elective

General Education Requirement:
Humanities

3-5

Third Semester

CDEV 030

Early Childhood Experiences: Language Arts

3

CDEV 031B

ECE Theory: Early Cognitive Learning

3

CDEV 032B

ECE Practicum

3

Elective

General Education Requirement: Mathematics or Science

3-5

Elective

General Education Requirement: Electives: See Group I

0-4

General Education Requirement (minimum of one course from the following Associate degree General Education areas and a minimum of 16 units)

Learning Skills: Group A

Learning Skills: Group B or Natural Sciences

Humanities

Social Science

Each course must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.

Minimum Units 40

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