Early Childhood Education II Syllabus
Instructor: Susan Burbrink

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Description: ECE II is a sequential course that builds on the foundational knowledge and skills of Early Childhood Education I, which is a required prerequisite.In ECE II students further refine, develop, and document the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors gained in the foundational course. Major topics of ECE II include: overview of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, safe and healthy learning environment, physical and intellectual competence, social and emotional development, relationshipswith families, program management, andprofessionalism. The course standards parallel the expectations and documentation required for Child Development Associate (CDA) credentialing. These include rigorous levels of self-critique and reflection; performance assessments by instructors, parents, and other professionals; comprehensive assessment of knowledge through a standardized exam; and other professional documentation.

Extensive experiences in one or more early childhood education settings are required: a minimum total of 480 hours must be accrued in ECE I and ECE II. These experiences may be either school-based or "on-the-job" in community-based early childhood education centers, or in a combination of the two. A standards-based plan for each student guides the early childhood education experiences. Students are monitored in these experiences by the Early Childhood Education II teacher.

Objectives:

  • Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
  • Identify and appreciate the essential requirements of teaching as a profession.
  • Define qualifications for teaching and what is meant by the “competent teacher.”
  • Recognize the function of ethics, morals, and value system in the role of the teacher, including liability and confidentiality in family/school relationships.
  • Reflect on reasons for entering the teaching profession and write a personal statement of educational philosophy.
  • Review teacher licensure laws and the process for certification in content areas.
  • Recognize and identify strategies to support the family’ role as the child’s primary teacher to support the family/teacher partnership in the child’s development.
  • Identify career choices within the field of education and review programs for teacher preparation.
  • Define and describe the nature, purpose, and responsibilities of the public education system in a democratic society.
  • Identify and reflect on dimensions of personal learning style.
  • Identify how diversity and individual learning styles affect student learning and observe in the educational setting how diversity issues affect student accomplishment.
  • Recognize and examine the diversity in schools.
  • Identify the cultural, family and environmental factors that affect the students in schools.
  • Observe, record and reflect on the behavior of students.

Academic Standards:

Standard 1Child Development Associate Credential

Implement the steps of the CDA process to earn credentials for certification

Standard 2: Safe, Healthy Learning Environment for Children

Establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment.

Standard 3 Physical and Intellectual Competence of Children

Advance each child’s intellectual and physical competence.

Standard 4Social and Emotional Development of Children

Support each child’s social and emotional development and provide positive guidance.

Standard 5Relationships with Families

Establish positive and productive family relationships.

Standard 6Program Management

Ensure a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant needs.

Standard 7Professionalism

Maintain a commitment to professionalism.

Course Content

Required text:

Early Childhood Education Today (ninth edition), Morrison, George S.

Teaching Methods

A variety of teaching methods are utilized in this course including cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, project-based learning, interactive, hands-on act ivies, Socratic questioning and discussion.

Grading and Evaluation

Semester grade will be determined by the average of the 1 quarter grades and the Philosophy of Education paper (1st semester) and portfolio (2nd semester).

Learner Objectives:

  • The goals of this course are to enable you as a beginning teacher to:
  • Thoroughly examine your teaching practice using a variety of methods and sources of data.
  • Skillfully use such appraisals to revise and improve your teaching practice and ultimately impact the learning of all of your students.
  • Participate effectively with colleagues, parents, and learners in ways that reflect your membership in a professional community that has a specialized knowledge base and shared standards of professional practice.

Assignment Information

Quizzes and tests, journals, projects, research, reflection papers, essays, log sheets, and portfolio

Observation

All students will be expected to complete 20 hours of observation field experience in an elementary school. The instructor will set up placement in local school for student convenience.

Plagiarism

What constitutes plagiarism?

  • Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s words or ideas as your own, whether in writing or in speaking. You are plagiarizing if you present ideas, images or testimony of others without city the source of the material and /or implying in any way that such material is your own.
  • Paraphrase or summarize without crediting the sources of the material.
  • Directly quote with no quotation mark, footnotes, or textual citation of the source.
  • Submit material from one class as if it were originally produced for another class-even if it is your own material.
  • Submit material written by someone else as your own; this includes purchasing a term paper or essay.
  • Submit a paper or assignment for which you have received so much help that the writing is different from your own
  • Copy assignments in part or in whole previously submitted or written by another student.

You are expected to give and to receive help in this class, but all written work must be your own.

Makeups/Late submittals:

All work will be completed within Google Classroom. Homework assignments typically have a file attached within each Class Session. Please label each assignment with your name, title of the assignment, course and date.

All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date. Assignments should be submitted through the appropriate link before the session/week class meeting. Late means not turned in on time. Points may be taken off if assignments are not turned in on time. Projects and assignments that are completed in the class cannot be made-up. Special issues should be discussed with the instructor.

There will be an allowance to complete past due assignments and revisit assignments with instructor approval.

Attendance

The course includes many in class hands-on experiences, activities and group work. In order to obtain the full value of this class, attendance and participation for the entire class meeting is necessary. These activities may not be listed on the web page. You will not get a change to complete these activities later. So try to attend every class. If you have special circumstances or problems, please discuss with your instructor.

Cell Phones in Class:

Cell phones and paper should be turned off when you are in class. If your cell phone or pagers rings during class, points may be deducted from your grade. If you have unusual circumstances, you should talk to the instructor.

Professionalism

All students are expected to be professional in all activities related to this course including in the classroom and during observations and activities outside class.

School Closings

If GCHS will be closed due to weather or other emergency conditions, (including 2-hour delays), the closing will be announced on the radio. In the event of a 2- hour delay, you will NOT report to your placement site. Instead report to Mrs. Burbrink’s room during your assigned class period. She the weather deteriorate during the day, Mrs. Burbrink will contact you with the decision of leaving the building. If you question the situation, check with her before leaving.

Right of Revision

Note: This syllabus and the information contained within are subject to change without notice; however, students will be notified of any changes.