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Early Childhood Development

Associate Degree Program

The Early Childhood Education Development curriculum prepares the future early childhood professionals to develop and implement curriculum, to communicate effectively with families, and to manage a classroom or a child care program. They will also receive a broad-based education in social sciences, English, and math. The Education department arranges for on-site community-based and/or lab school experiences.

Offered at the following location(s): Dover, Georgetown, Wilmington

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

• Child care center director
• Head Start teacher
• Agency early childhood educator
• Child advocate
• Early childhood curriculum coordinator
• Home/child care provider
• School-age care site administrator 

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Implement developmentally appropriate practices based on theories, norms and milestones associated with development in early childhood.
2. Communicate information about student learning and behaviors in a collaborative manner with school, family and community members.
3. Plan developmentally appropriate curricula for quality infant/toddler and preschool children in multicultural settings.
4. Maintain a healthy, safe environment for children by following licensing requirements and legal issues affecting Early Childhood programs.
5. Apply knowledge of the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of birth to pre-school aged children in a classroom setting.
6. Access and implement educational technology.
7. Develop an effective business plan for the operation of an Early Childhood Program.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Pathway to Graduation

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