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Nov 12, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog
Early Education and Care, Birth-K, BSE
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Department: Elementary and Early Childhood Education
The Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education offers a major in early childhood education to prepare students for certification through the State Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) as Lead Teacher, Infant-Toddler Teacher and Director I, enabling students to prepare for career opportunities with young children from infancy through age six in the mixed delivery system outside the public schools. Students are provided with professional preparation in understanding the developmental stages of young children, developmentally appropriate teaching methodologies, adaptive curriculum planning, partnering with families and evaluation of children and programs.
Learning Outcomes
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Grade Requirement
A 2.5 GPA both overall and in the major is required to begin the 400-level courses of the program, and must be maintained throughout the program.
Professional Education Requirement
Students seeking to pursue the Early Education and Care major must apply and be accepted into professional education after completion of ECED 280. Application and acceptance to the Early Education and Care Professional Education program is required to take courses in the major at the 300-level or higher, as well as for application for practicum placement for ECPK 481 and 492, the two-part, 300-hour fieldwork experience in an EEC-approved program under the joint supervision of a college supervisor and a site supervisor.
Students should consult the Educator Preparation and Licensure Policies and Procedures section of this catalog for professional education admission and retention information and important institutional deadlines.
Required courses (6 credits)
Both of the following courses are to be completed prior to admission to professional education and enrollment in 300-level education courses.
Cognate courses (9 credits)
Focus area
Complete one course, selected from the following:
Professional courses (21 credits)
- ECPK 320 - Language Development and Early Literacy, Birth-K
or all three of the one-credit modules below: - ECPK 301 - Early Childhood Language Development, Birth-K
- ECPK 302 - Language, Culture and Cognition, Birth-K
- ECPK 303 - Facilitating Early Literacy, Birth-K
- ECPK 321 - Project-Based, STEM-Rich Learning in Early Childhood, Birth-K
or all three of the one-credit modules below: - ECPK 304 - Project-Based Learning in Early Childhood, Birth-K
- ECPK 305 - Math-Rich Learning in Early Childhood, Birth-K
- ECPK 306 - Science-Rich Learning in Early Childhood, Birth-K
- ECPK 322 - Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood, Birth-K
or all three of the one-credit modules below: - ECPK 307 - Observational Assessment to Inform Individualized Instructional Goals, Birth-K
- ECPK 308 - Standards-Based Documentation and Analysis of Children’s Progress, Birth-K
- ECPK 309 - Standards-Based Assessment of Classrooms and Programs, Birth-K
- ECPK 323 - Classroom Management and Emergent Social Studies Concepts, Birth-K
or all three of the one-credit modules below: - ECPK 310 - Programs that Promote Socio-Emotional Growth, Birth-K
- ECPK 311 - Engagement and Management Strategies that Promote Socio-Emotional Growth, Birth-K
- ECPK 312 - Teaching Socio-Emotional Skills and Social Studies Concepts, Birth-K
- ECPK 324 - Infant and Toddler Education and Care
or all three of the one-credit modules below: - ECPK 313 - Infant and Toddler Development
- ECPK 314 - Influences on Infant and Toddler Development
- ECPK 315 - Creating Caring Infant and Toddler Environments
- ECPK 420 - Mentored Program Observation, Birth-K (CWRM)
- ECPK 480 - Childcare Programming, Administration and Supervision, Birth-PreK
Fieldwork requirements (9 credits)
Total minimum credits: 45
Core Curriculum Requirements
A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the Core Curriculum section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website, www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the Undergraduate Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog.
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