This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or a stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework. Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.
More specifically the certificate was created to meet the needs of students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related field:
In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed to meet the needs of students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online (asynchronous).
With the completion of this certificate it is expected that students will be able to:
OUTCOME 1: Apply certificate courses towards entry into a teaching credential program and/or to fulfill requirements for a selected child development permit or an employment setting requiring ECE units.
OUTCOME 2: Document the acquisition of foundational knowledge and skills (as related to courses selected for the purpose of this certificate), relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in an early childhood education classroom or related environment.
Possible employment/ illustrative examples: early childhood education teacher assistant/aide; childcare worker; paraprofessional in early childhood settings with the possible inclusion of special education pre-school settings; Montessori preschool aide; floater teacher’s aide, corporate teacher aide, e.g. Disney, child care center, early childhood nutrition aide, early head start teacher’s aide; infant aide; after school assistant, daycare, outdoor activities assistant (play area), 24-Hour Fitness, YMCA, JCC or similar childcare center; child advocate assistant, court system; recreation specialist, nanny; Lego theme park assistant; behavior specialist.
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This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or as a stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework. Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.
Following completion of the certificate it is expected that students will be able to:
OUTCOME 1: Apply certificate courses towards entry into a teaching credential program and/or to fulfill requirements for a selected child development permit or an employment setting requiring ECE units.
OUTCOME 2: Document the acquisition of foundational knowledge and skills (as related to courses selected for the purpose of this certificate), relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in an early childhood education classroom or related environment.
This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or as a stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework. Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.
More specifically the certificate was created to meet the needs of students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related field:
In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed for students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online and asynchronous.
Part of the TEACH3 program (Teacher Education at the Coast Community College District), similar courses/ programs/certificates are available in the LA/Orange County Region but none are represented as ECE unit completion pathway and none are completely online (asynchronous) so as to accommodate those students who for various reasons face a common obstacle to an education-related career: inability to attend face-to-face classes and/ or meet at one scheduled time every week.
Across the State similar education certificates, according to the OEI/CVC, may be available at Cerro Coso and Modesto Community Colleges.
Possible employment/ illustrative examples: early childhood education teacher assistant/aide; childcare worker; paraprofessional in early childhood settings with the possible inclusion of special education pre-school settings; Montessori preschool aide; floater teacher’s aide, corporate teacher aide, e.g. Disney, child care center, early childhood nutrition aide, early head start teacher’s aide; infant aide; after school assistant, daycare, outdoor activities assistant (play area), 24 Hour Fitness, YMCA, JCC or similar childcare center; child advocate assistant, court system; recreation specialist, nanny; Lego theme park assistant; behavior specialist.
Courses do not have to be taken in any fixed order or semester. Select any of these courses for a minimum total of 16 units.
Course Number | Course Name | Units |
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EDUC C210 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
PSYC C116 | Child Growth and Development | 3 |
PSYC C118 | Life Span Developmental Psychology | 3 |
ENGL 143 | Children's Literature | 3 |
EDUC C 104 | Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contemporary Classrooms | 1 |
EDUC C180 | School, Family, Community Partnerships | 3 |
HLTH 100 | Personal Health | 3 |
TOTAL: 16 UNITS
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