ECFB - Early Chldhd Ed Fld Based (ECFB)
ECFB 321 Curriculum Design for Early Childhood Programs SEL and Literacy
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
1 Lab Hour.
Focus on child development principles and accreditation standards for designing social emotional learning (SEL), language, and literacy curricula for early childhood programs and planning and evaluating learning activities and programs; supervised learning activities for individual children and groups; emphasis on planning, implementing, and evaluating activities; field trips may be required. Prerequisites: EDCI 353, INST 210, and EDCI 364.
ECFB 421 Curriculum Design for Early Childhood Programs II
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
1 Lab Hour.
Focus on child development principles and accreditation standards for designing curricula for early childhood programs and planning and evaluating learning activities and programs; supervised learning activities for individual children and groups; emphasis on planning, implementing, and evaluating activities; concurrently taken with a lab component; field trips may be required. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in EDCI 353, INST 210, EDCI 364, and ECFB 321.
ECFB 422 Infant Development and Program Planning and Infant/Toddler Lab
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
1 Lab Hour.
Typical and atypical infant and toddler development; sources of variation in learning and development; developmentally appropriate expectations; markers of quality child care for infants and toddlers; family systems and relationship dynamics; early intervention and support programs; issues in curriculum and environments of childcare; skills for applying knowledge through specific professional roles. Prerequisites: EDCI 353.
ECFB 424 Capstone Teaching in an Early Childhood Program
Credits 6.
6 Other Hours.
Culmination of early childhood teaching track program; integration and application of knowledge and skills learned from program of study while observing and participating in early childhood settings with supervision. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ECFB 421; ECFB 422.