PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This program is designed to help students learn about the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional needs of children, and to provide the skills and knowledge necessary for planning and carrying out programming which optimizes individual development of young children.

You will learn to:

1. Provide a physically safe, mentally healthy, and intellectually stimulating environment for groups of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school aged children
    

2. Observe and interpret children's developmental levels and reactions to situations.
    

3. Implement flexible curriculum which will meet the needs of individual children in the group.
    

4. Communicate positively and purposefully with children, parent, and other adults in the preschool and community.

The program blends theory about how children develop with a hands-on application of theoretical principles. Students are given the opportunity to explore child development theory and to apply it to programming for infant, toddler, preschool and school-aged children. Included in this sequence are developmental theory and practice for children with special needs as well as an overview of relevant communications theory and philosophy.

You will develop skills in:

1. Understanding psychological, sociological, and developmental theories and principles.

2. Understanding their own communication patterns and the ways these effect children and adults.

3. Observing, assessing, and analyzing children's behaviour.

4. Deciding which of many curriculum ideas would be appropriate for the children.

5. Implementing these ideas so that children can expand their learning. Students will demonstrate they have developed the necessary competencies to meet these aims and objectives in community field placement settings.

A standard set of assignments will be administered for each of the three modules.It is required to pass a grade in all module be achieved in order to receive your Diploma, as well as a pass for all field placement hours.


Grading Criteria

Students must maintain overall 70 percent in the program and achieve a "Pass" designation in the program .

NOTE: Students will be permitted to take the same course more than once in order to raise their average - the highest mark obtained in a particular course will be the one used to calculate the overall average.
 

ECE Grades:
Once the the examination period for a module has ended, student may access their grades through telephoning the school.