Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the associate degree program in Early Childhood Care and Education will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of how the role as a child development specialist will influence and be applied as a teacher of young children.
• Define ways teachers can promote and protect the health and safety of young children.
• Apply their knowledge and skills to plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is based upon observational data, professionally defined standards, research, and theories including all children.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize a classroom environment that reflects built-in elements of guidance that provide reasonable limits while encouraging children's independence and self-regulation through the teacher's role in supporting learning.
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the connection between social-emotional learning and success in all aspects of learning and growth throughout childhood.
• Demonstrate professional knowledge of the role of the teacher in establishing relationships, building partnerships with parents, and identification of the importance of the family in the life and development of a child.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.
• Document strategies for including children with developmental disabilities into an inclusive classroom and demonstrate foundational knowledge of various disabilities.

Graduates of the diploma program in Early Childhood Care and Education will be able to completes the following tasks:

• Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of how the role as a child development specialist will influence and be applied as a teacher of young children.
• Define ways teachers can promote and protect the health and safety of young children.
• Apply their knowledge and skills to plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is based upon observational data, professionally defined standards, research, and theories including all children. 
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize a classroom environment that reflects built-in elements of guidance that provide reasonable limits while encouraging children's independence and self-regulation through the teacher's role in supporting learning.
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the connection between social-emotional learning and success in all aspects of learning and growth throughout childhood.
• Demonstrate professional knowledge of the role of the teacher in establishing relationships, building partnerships, building partnerships with parents, and identification of the importance of the family in the life and development of a child.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.

Graduates of the technical certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education Basics will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of how the role as a child development specialist will influence and be applied as a teacher of young children.
• Document knowledge on ways teachers can promote and protect the health and safety of young children.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize a classroom environment that reflects built-in elements of guidance that provide reasonable limits while encouraging children's independence and self-regulation through the teacher's role in supporting learning.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected n the workplace.