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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (year AM/PM)
Prerequisite: Child Development or Permission of Instructor, Grades 11-12
This class is designed to introduce students to careers in early childhood
education. Experience with preschoolers is gained by assisting at Pooh Corner,
a licensed nursery school housed at Houghton Elementary School. The program
includes the study of social, emotional, cognitive and physical development
of children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years of age, lesson planning
and actual teaching. This course may be taken for 1 or 2 years. During the
second year, students will be placed in local preschools, day care centers
and early elementary classrooms. Students have the opportunity to earn the
National Child Development Associate Certificate. Students must pass a State
of Michigan background check to participate in this class. Articulation is
available with Washtenaw Community College.
For information pertaining to obtaining college credit for this class,
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