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Early Childhood Education and Family Studies CC
Education, Human Services and Criminal Justice Department | C.C. Certificate of Completion | 1 year
Clackamas Community College’s Early Childhood Education and Family Studies program offers the skills you need to succeed in a career in childhood education.
Early childhood education is a rewarding field that is vital in shaping the social, emotional, cognitive, linguistic and physical development of children. At Clackamas Community College, choose our one-year certificate and get the skills you need to succeed in a career working with children.
Starting at Clackamas Community College is an affordable first-step in transferring to a four-year university. Our early childhood education programs provide one-on-one advising and faculty support, as well as site placement assistance where you'll get real world training in the field. In fact, many of our students go on to full-time employment at their work experience sites after graduation.
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Early Childhood Education and Family Studies CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Respect, support and communicate with families
- Design and implement experiences that promote positive development for children
- Promote children’s development and learning to create a healthy, respectful and supportive environment
Careers
After completing the certificate in Early Childhood Education & Family Studies, students will be prepared to work in a variety of educational settings such as:
- lead teacher in private and public early learning programs serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
- teacher assistants in kinder-garten 3rd grade classrooms
Additionally, students will be prepared to work as family support personnel (e.g. family advocates, parent practitioners, family life paraprofessionals, etc.) in various education settings or child and family support agencies
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PROGRAM CODES: CC.ECEFS
RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES
Computation (1 course- MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or MTH-065 Algebra II or MTH-098 College Math Foundations)
- Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems.
Communication (1 course- WR-121Z Composition I)
- Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences.
Human Relations (1 course- ED-258 Multicultural Education)
- Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- promote children’s development and learning by collaborating to create healthy, respectful and supportive environment;
- respect, support and communicate with families;
- observe and document young children;
- define and understand developmentally effective approaches, depending on the children’s ages, characteristics and the setting within which teaching and learning occur;
- use content knowledge to understand curriculum by designing and implementing experiences that promote positive development and learning for each and every young child;
- identify and conduct themselves as members of the early childhood community.
Early Childhood Education & Family Studies Core Requirements
Complete 3 credits of ECE-280
- ECE-280
- Early Childhood Education/CWE
- 3
Complete the following Core Requirements
- ECE-121
- Observation and Guidance I in ECE Settings
- 4
- ECE-150
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education & Family Studies
- 4
- ECE-154
- Language & Literacy Development in Young Children
- 4
- ECE-235
- Safety, Health and Nutrition
- 3
- ECE-240
- Environments and Curriculum Planning
- 4
- ED-216
- Foundations of Teaching & Education
- 4
- FYE-101
- First Year Experience Level I
- 2
- HDF-225
- Prenatal, Infant & Toddler Development
- 3
- HDF-247
- Preschool Through Adolescent Child Development
- 3
Computation Related Instruction
Complete MTH-050 or MTH-065 or MTH-098
- MTH-050
- Technical Mathematics I
- 4
- MTH-065
- Algebra II
- 4
- MTH-098
- College Math Foundations
- 4
Communication Related Instruction
Complete WR-121Z
- WR-121Z
- Composition I
- 4
Human Relations Related Instruction
Complete ED-258
- ED-258
- Culturally Responsive Teaching & Education
- 3
Notes
All courses must be passed with a C or better
Featured Student
Dylan Levrets
“What I love most about CCC’s Head Start program is how much every single teacher puts heart and soul into loving the children and caring about their learning outcomes.
"These are incredibly amazing and dedicated teachers who guide each and every child in learning life skills and developing emotionally and socially, helping them to become kindergarten ready.”
