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Effective Winter Quarter, January 2001

CCE 101
Human Development3 credits
Become familiar with the important theories that influence our understanding of learning and development. Class members review how research and theorists guide our understanding of child development and the facilitation of development at different ages.

CCE 102
Issues and Trends in ECE3 credits
Become knowledgeable about the issues in this field. Class members investigate and review the profession of early childhood education and the historical and political perspectives for understanding early childhood education in a changing society. Together we address current educational problems and trends, underlying value assumptions, and guides for professional action.

CCE 113
Human Exceptionalities3 credits
Explore the questions of diversity within a value-based approach to human exceptionality and disability using a lifespan view. The course review begins with a historical perspective, followed by an introduction to current trends and practices in early intervention, special and general education, and lifelong supports for individuals with disabilities and their families.

CCE 125
Program Planning5 credits
Learn how to create an enterprising community of eager learners in a curriculum based upon play and warm, facilitative leadership. Here is an overview of the components of a child-sensitive preschool for 3 to 5 year-old children. A major assignment is to evaluate the physical environment of two ECE programs using criteria from the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.

CCE 135
Foundations of Early Learning5 credits
Explore education in the years when it counts the most. This course covers the development of the very young children, birth to two, and the constant self-renewal necessary to care for them. The course includes recent brain research, the developmental tasks of each 4-month period, and the environmental components that optimize development.

CCE 136
CCE 136 Signing with Young Children2 credits
Learn to teach very young children to sign. This class introduces American Sign Language (ASL) not only as a second language, but as a powerful tool for enhancing communication with children. Sign language provides a tactile method for children to learn, play , and express themselves.

CCE 145
CCE 145 Music and Creative Expression4 credits
Learn to lead music, not only for children’s enjoyment, but also for the development of children’s musical ability and creative self-expression. Guaranteed to be fun, even for those who do not consider themselves musical. Class members music skills grow as they explore the dimensions of presenting musical experiences that children naturally love.

CCE 150
Teaching Exceptional Learners3 credits
An exploration of effective methods of teaching and supporting students with disabilities from early intervention services through school age. Includes strategies for assessment and evaluation, academic instruction, teaching of functional life skills and the use of assistive and adaptive computer technology when appropriate.

CCE 153
Creating Inclusive School Communities3 credits
Addresses the recent trends that have occurred in the delivery of special education services and the impact upon regular education. Critical areas covered include the transition to adulthood, cooperative teaching, peer supports, collaboration, and community resources and services.

CCE 154

Field Learning Experience6 credits
Provides an opportunity to learn, practice, and fine tune teaching skills while working with individual and small groups of students, with and without disabilities, in an educational setting.

CCE 159

Behavior Management4 credits
Become an expert in discipline, both in managing the dreadfully difficult child and in leading a community of children in learning to care for each other and themselves. The course covers a systematic approach for dealing with difficult behavior, effective rewards, building desired new behavior, and constructing a social learning environment that facilitates personal responsibility.

CCE 160

Level D—Connecting to Childrenfour 2 credit modules
Become a professional teacher while working with children on -he-job. This initial course of our professional practice sequence consists of four independent 2-credit modules that lead teachers into the fundamentals of facilitating learning in young children. Module D1 explores Expressing Warmth to Children. Module D2 explores Playing Responsively. Module D3 explores Talking Informatively. Module D4 explores Initiative, Cooperation and Perseverance. Modules can be taken in pairs or independently. Completion of all four modules in the series earns an Assistant Certificate in ECE. Each module meets the STARS continuing education requirement. To enroll, you must be working with young children at least three times per week and be able to use that setting as a learning laboratory.

CCE 165

Understanding Literacy3 credits
Become an expert in enhancing children’s experiences with literacy. Covering philosophies and definitions of literacy, the class goes on to explore radical, nontraditional thinking literacy education through readings, guest speakers and a research project.

CCE 166

Cultivating Conversations3 credits
Learn to make each conversational encounter enrich both your life and the young child’s. Class members study conversations, analyze the ways to talk with children, and practice the techniques of responsive listening and informative talk. This course is guaranteed to change the quality of the relationship you have with each and every child.

CCE 170

Level C—Creating the Conditions for Learningtwenty 2 credit modules
Further develop your skills in early childhood education by introducing changes in your preschool classroom in the areas you choose. This intermediate course of our professional practice sequence consists of twenty independent 2-credit modules that provide an opportunity to demonstrate performances necessary to create learning environments for children ages 2 to 5. The modules challenge teachers to investigate and engineer the broad range of quality activities that meet the needs and circumstances of one’s own school without conflicting with most early childhood models or theoretical approaches. Modules are equivalents to the standard curriculum methods courses normally taken on campus. Choose only the modules you want.

CCE 175

Mathematics and Design3 credits
Become an expert in developing a sense of competence and enjoyment in exploring cognitive-mathematical activities in 3, 4 and 5 year-old children. Class members review covers activities for printing, designing, counting, number, sequencing, patterning, graphing, problem solving, and exploring the world of logical-mathematical thinking. The goal is to develop activities that create effective habits of mind (wondering, figuring it out, predicting, and challenge seeking). Materials fee.

CCE 185

Physical Education in Early Childhood3 credits
Step into the world of action with children. This course explores the outdoor physical environment for children in preschools and child care settings. The class members analyze the fundamental motor patterns, the need for risk and personal confidence, the role of natural environments in the development of children, and create a physical development program for young children.

CCE 195

Art for Young Children3 credits
Paint, draw, and sculpt to discover personal expression. After exploring these media themselves, the class members review the components providing the experience of art to young children, 3 to 8 years old. Class members conduct a series of art classes for children to practice relating in ways that facilitate the children’s self-expression in these fundamental art media. Materials fee.

CCE 210

Essential Elements of Directing3 credits
This course is designed for potential, new, and experienced directors. Students will be involved in designing the course content based upon their current work experience and needs. Topics cover the role of the director, center philosophy, licensing requirements, budgeting, personnel and community resources.

CCE 211

Money Matters3 credits
This course covers all of the financial issues involved in running a child care or school age program. Topics include program expenses, taxes, program funding, staff salaries and benefits, budgeting, and marketing.

CCE 212

Directing in a Diverse 21st Century3 credits
Explores strategies for directing child care and school age programs that are sensitive and responsive to the increasing diverse society. Topics include increasing diversity in enrollment, working with a diverse board of directors, using community resources, and designing an internal career ladder that promotes the advancement of all staff equally.

CCE 213

Leadership, Personnel, and Supervision 3 credits
Explores leadership and personal growth related to directors and personnel, hiring, supervision and evaluation relating to staff of a child care.

CCE 215

Director's Project Class 3 credits
This class focuses on the development and completion of a major project related to the directing of the student's center or program. It includes goal writing, work plans, time lines, documentation of project components, presentation strategies and evaluation of the result.

CCE 232
Parent Involvement in ECE4 credits
Examines all the ways teachers can open themselves and the school to include parents as a part of the learning community. Includes a discussion of expectations parents and teachers have for each other, the tasks parents face in growing up with their children, assertive and supportive help, communicating the aims of school in a democracy, and dealing with difficult issues that affect both school and home, such as abuse, death, and divorce.

CCE 234
Staff Relationships3 credits
Discover the components of a positive working relationships. This course covers the interpersonal communication skills needed to function effectively as a contributing, collaborative staff member in the workplace and to improve personal relationships with others.

CCE 240
Multicultural Dialogs3 credits
This course examines the concept of multiculturalism and how it relates to the early childhoood classroom. Through dialoges, readings, and projects students assess their beliefs, teaching environment and style in order to identify changes and promote respect for differences that accompany children and families.

CCE 285
The Project Approach5 credits
Discover your own natural excitement unfold in this ultimate approach to emergent curriculum. Here is the way to lead children in an in-depth investigation of a real world topic worthy of children's attention and effort. When teachers implement the Project Approach successfully, children are highly motivated, feel actively involved in their own learning, and produce work of a high quality. This is a class for experienced teachers, as well as parents and people interested in home schooling. We explore in detail a structure for openness in child-responsive teaching of children age 2 to 12.

CCE 292
Classroom Research12 credits over two quarters
Cap off the AAS Degree in Early Childhood Education AAS Degree by enrolling in this final course in the professional practice sequence. Meeting once per week, continuously January to June, class members define the outcomes they desire in children, collaboratively work to achieve them for all the children in their classroom and investigate their own authenticity and leadership. To enroll, you must be teaching young children. Prerequisite permission.

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CCE 101		Human Development3 credits Become familiar with the important theories that influence our understanding of learning and development. Class members review how research and theorists guide our understanding of child development and the facilitation of development at different ages.
CCE 102		Issues and Trends in ECE3 credits Become knowledgeable about the issues in this field. Class members investigate and review the profession of early childhood education and the historical and political perspectives for understanding early childhood education in a changing society. Together we address current educational problems and trends, underlying value assumptions, and guides for professional action.
CCE 113		Human Exceptionalities3 credits Explore the questions of diversity within a value-based approach to human exceptionality and disability using a lifespan view. The course review begins with a historical perspective, followed by an introduction to current trends and practices in early intervention, special and general education, and lifelong supports for individuals with disabilities and their families.
CCE 125		Program Planning5 credits Learn how to create an enterprising community of eager learners in a curriculum based upon play and warm, facilitative leadership. Here is an overview of the components of a child-sensitive preschool for 3 to 5 year-old children. A major assignment is to evaluate the physical environment of two ECE programs using criteria from the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
CCE 135		Foundations of Early Learning5 credits Explore education in the years when it counts the most. This course covers the development of the very young children, birth to two, and the constant self-renewal necessary to care for them. The course includes recent brain research, the developmental tasks of each 4-month period, and the environmental components that optimize development.
CCE 136		CCE 136 Signing with Young Children2 credits Learn to teach very young children to sign. This class introduces American Sign Language (ASL) not only as a second language, but as a powerful tool for enhancing communication with children. Sign language provides a tactile method for children to learn, play , and express themselves.
CCE 145		CCE 145 Music and Creative Expression4 credits Learn to lead music, not only for children’s enjoyment, but also for the development of children’s musical ability and creative self-expression. Guaranteed to be fun, even for those who do not consider themselves musical. Class members music skills grow as they explore the dimensions of presenting musical experiences that children naturally love.
CCE 150		Teaching Exceptional Learners3 credits An exploration of effective methods of teaching and supporting students with disabilities from early intervention services through school age. Includes strategies for assessment and evaluation, academic instruction, teaching of functional life skills and the use of assistive and adaptive computer technology when appropriate.
CCE 153		Creating Inclusive School Communities3 credits Addresses the recent trends that have occurred in the delivery of special education services and the impact upon regular education. Critical areas covered include the transition to adulthood, cooperative teaching, peer supports, collaboration, and community resources and services.
CCE 154		Field Learning Experience6 credits Provides an opportunity to learn, practice, and fine tune teaching skills while working with individual and small groups of students, with and without disabilities, in an educational setting.
CCE 159		Behavior Management4 credits Become an expert in discipline, both in managing the dreadfully difficult child and in leading a community of children in learning to care for each other and themselves. The course covers a systematic approach for dealing with difficult behavior, effective rewards, building desired new behavior, and constructing a social learning environment that facilitates personal responsibility.
CCE 160		Level D—Connecting to Childrenfour 2 credit modules Become a professional teacher while working with children on -he-job. This initial course of our professional practice sequence consists of four independent 2-credit modules that lead teachers into the fundamentals of facilitating learning in young children. Module D1 explores Expressing Warmth to Children. Module D2 explores Playing Responsively. Module D3 explores Talking Informatively. Module D4 explores Initiative, Cooperation and Perseverance. Modules can be taken in pairs or independently. Completion of all four modules in the series earns an Assistant Certificate in ECE. Each module meets the STARS continuing education requirement. To enroll, you must be working with young children at least three times per week and be able to use that setting as a learning laboratory.
CCE 165		Understanding Literacy3 credits Become an expert in enhancing children’s experiences with literacy. Covering philosophies and definitions of literacy, the class goes on to explore radical, nontraditional thinking literacy education through readings, guest speakers and a research project.
CCE 166		Cultivating Conversations3 credits Learn to make each conversational encounter enrich both your life and the young child’s. Class members study conversations, analyze the ways to talk with children, and practice the techniques of responsive listening and informative talk. This course is guaranteed to change the quality of the relationship you have with each and every child.
CCE 170		Level C—Creating the Conditions for Learningtwenty 2 credit modules Further develop your skills in early childhood education by introducing changes in your preschool classroom in the areas you choose. This intermediate course of our professional practice sequence consists of twenty independent 2-credit modules that provide an opportunity to demonstrate performances necessary to create learning environments for children ages 2 to 5. The modules challenge teachers to investigate and engineer the broad range of quality activities that meet the needs and circumstances of one’s own school without conflicting with most early childhood models or theoretical approaches. Modules are equivalents to the standard curriculum methods courses normally taken on campus. Choose only the modules you want.
CCE 175		Mathematics and Design3 credits Become an expert in developing a sense of competence and enjoyment in exploring cognitive-mathematical activities in 3, 4 and 5 year-old children. Class members review covers activities for printing, designing, counting, number, sequencing, patterning, graphing, problem solving, and exploring the world of logical-mathematical thinking. The goal is to develop activities that create effective habits of mind (wondering, figuring it out, predicting, and challenge seeking). Materials fee.
CCE 185		Physical Education in Early Childhood3 credits Step into the world of action with children. This course explores the outdoor physical environment for children in preschools and child care settings. The class members analyze the fundamental motor patterns, the need for risk and personal confidence, the role of natural environments in the development of children, and create a physical development program for young children.
CCE 195		Art for Young Children3 credits Paint, draw, and sculpt to discover personal expression. After exploring these media themselves, the class members review the components providing the experience of art to young children, 3 to 8 years old. Class members conduct a series of art classes for children to practice relating in ways that facilitate the children’s self-expression in these fundamental art media. Materials fee.
CCE 210		Essential Elements of Directing3 credits This course is designed for potential, new, and experienced directors. Students will be involved in designing the course content based upon their current work experience and needs. Topics cover the role of the director, center philosophy, licensing requirements, budgeting, personnel and community resources.
CCE 211		Money Matters3 credits This course covers all of the financial issues involved in running a child care or school age program. Topics include program expenses, taxes, program funding, staff salaries and benefits, budgeting, and marketing.
CCE 212		Directing in a Diverse 21st Century3 credits Explores strategies for directing child care and school age programs that are sensitive and responsive to the increasing diverse society. Topics include increasing diversity in enrollment, working with a diverse board of directors, using community resources, and designing an internal career ladder that promotes the advancement of all staff equally.
CCE 213		Leadership, Personnel, and Supervision 3 credits Explores leadership and personal growth related to directors and personnel, hiring, supervision and evaluation relating to staff of a child care.
CCE 215		Director's Project Class 3 credits This class focuses on the development and completion of a major project related to the directing of the student's center or program. It includes goal writing, work plans, time lines, documentation of project components, presentation strategies and evaluation of the result.
CCE 232		Parent Involvement in ECE4 credits Examines all the ways teachers can open themselves and the school to include parents as a part of the learning community. Includes a discussion of expectations parents and teachers have for each other, the tasks parents face in growing up with their children, assertive and supportive help, communicating the aims of school in a democracy, and dealing with difficult issues that affect both school and home, such as abuse, death, and divorce.
CCE 234		Staff Relationships3 credits Discover the components of a positive working relationships. This course covers the interpersonal communication skills needed to function effectively as a contributing, collaborative staff member in the workplace and to improve personal relationships with others.
CCE 240		Multicultural Dialogs3 credits This course examines the concept of multiculturalism and how it relates to the early childhoood classroom. Through dialoges, readings, and projects students assess their beliefs, teaching environment and style in order to identify changes and promote respect for differences that accompany children and families.
CCE 285		The Project Approach5 credits Discover your own natural excitement unfold in this ultimate approach to emergent curriculum. Here is the way to lead children in an in-depth investigation of a real world topic worthy of children's attention and effort. When teachers implement the Project Approach successfully, children are highly motivated, feel actively involved in their own learning, and produce work of a high quality. This is a class for experienced teachers, as well as parents and people interested in home schooling. We explore in detail a structure for openness in child-responsive teaching of children age 2 to 12.
CCE 292		Classroom Research12 credits over two quarters Cap off the AAS Degree in Early Childhood Education AAS Degree by enrolling in this final course in the professional practice sequence. Meeting once per week, continuously January to June, class members define the outcomes they desire in children, collaboratively work to achieve them for all the children in their classroom and investigate their own authenticity and leadership. To enroll, you must be teaching young children. Prerequisite permission.