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Early Childhood Education Focus

Requirements
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About The Program

This is a full-time program that provides the student with both academic coursework and preschool and public school experience necessary to become a beginning teacher of children ages birth to 5 years. The program allows the student to experience working with young children and their mentor teachers. The program includes teaching methods in reading and language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, children’s literature and materials, and expressive arts. The foundation for the methods classes are theory classes, with emphasis placed on educational foundations, child development and psychology, nutrition, families, communities, schools and other agencies.

Students entering the Early Childhood Education Program must show evidence of a current TB test and obtain a cleared Portable Background check through Washington State Dept of Early Learning MERIT System.

See: http://www.del.wa.gov/requirements/info/background.aspx

Degree Requirements

Communications:
15 credits - ENGL& 101 English Composition I AND ENGL& 102 Composition II AND CMST& 220 (was SPCH 110) Public Speaking OR CMST& 230 (was SPCH 114) Small Group Communication.
Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills:
5 credits – MATH& 107 or higher with the exception of MATH& 131.
Humanities:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List. No more than 5 credits in foreign language at the 100 level, no more than 10 credits from any one discipline. No more than 5 credits in performance/skills courses are allowed.
Natural Sciences:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List; must include 5 credits of lab courses. At least 10 credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences. No more than 5 credits from Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy the Quantitative Skills requirement.
Social Sciences:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List. No more than 10 credits from any one discipline. PSYC, SOC, and POLS are recommended disciplines.
Diversity:
5 credits – From the Diversity Course List. Courses that meet this requirement may also be used toward other graduation requirements. Diversity courses are listed in the quarterly schedule and identified by ‘DIV’ attached to the course title. Example: EDUC& 205 Intro to Education w/Field Experience:DIV.
Electives:
25 credits - See advisor for approved list of electives. No more than 15 credits may be taken from the Restricted Course List.

Recommended Electives

ECED& 100	Child Care Basics	3
ECED& 105	Intro to Early Childhood Ed	5
ECED& 160	Curriculum Development	5
EDUC& 130	Guiding Behavior	3
EDUC& 150	Child, Family, Community	3
EDUC& 203	Exceptional Child	3
EDUC& 205	Intro to Education w/Field Exp:DIV	5

Diversity and Distribution Lists are available in the Lower Columbia College Academic Catalog and at lowercolumbia.edu/catalog.

Total transferable credits required to earn this degree: 90 in courses numbered 100 or above with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0. A course cannot be credited toward more than one distribution or skill area.

Students completing this program should acquire the following skills and abilities:

AA DTA Outcomes

Upon the completion of the AA DTA, students will be prepared for transfer to a four-year institution for the student's intended career pathway, and have the following skills and abilities:

Global Skills (assessed at degree level):

Communication: Express ideas and information in writing and speaking in a manner that is clear and appropriate to the audience, and read and listen effectively.
Critical thinking: Apply objective, valid methods of inquiry and problem-solving to draw rational, ethical, and coherent conclusions.
Interpersonal relations: Interact effectively with individuals and/or within groups.
Numeracy: Achieve competency with numbers and graphical skills to interpret and communicate quantifiable information, and apply mathematical and statistical skills in practical and abstract contexts.

General education outcomes (assessed at course level):

Diversity: Examine the causes and expressions of difference, power, and discrimination.
Humanities: Explore how people process, document, and express their social and cultural experience.
Social Science: Examine society, behavior, and relationships among individuals within a society.
Natural Science: Develop familiarity with various aspects of the physical world and scientific explanations of observed phenomena.

Area of study outcomes:

Create and maintain a safe and healthy environment for young children.
Demonstrate an understanding of how children differ in their development and approaches to learning and use this knowledge to provide opportunities supporting physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
Develop relationships with children enhancing children’s self-esteem, social-emotional development, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrate the ability to use theory, research, developmentally appropriate practice and a variety of instructional strategies when planning and implementing curriculum.
Use individual and group guidance and problem-solving techniques to support positive relationships with children assisting their development in self-esteem, self control, and self motivation.
Establish a partnership with families, providing information and resources, strengthening the home to school connection.
Create an anti-biased, culturally relevant environment/curriculum, embracing the multifaceted term diversity, which includes, but is not exclusive to race, ethnicity, family diversity, and learning styles.
Develop personally and professionally, maintaining current knowledge in the field and participating in on-going professional development.
Communicate effectively through the spoken and written word and through visual materials for varied audiences and purposes.
Gather empirical data employing a variety of observation and assessment tools, and analyze data with the purpose of developing age and developmentally appropriate curriculum.
Utilize a variety of contemporary research strategies; evaluate the validity of sources, and credit ideas or sources appropriately.

Revised June 2019 (Effective Summer 2019)

The distribution lists are in the LCC Catalog. If you are online, click on the links below:

Diversity Course List

Distribution List

AA - DTA Unofficial Degree Completion Worksheet

ONLINE – AA - DTA Unofficial Degree Completion Worksheet
This worksheet is for students who are only taking online courses to earn their AA-DTA.

Advisors: Ann Williamson, (360) 442-2892, awilliamson@lowercolumbia.edu
Josie Zbaeren, (360) 442-2891, jzbaeren@lowercolumbia.edu

Fall Quarter			Winter Quarter			Spring Quarter			Summer Quarter
	Total:			Total:			Total:			Total:
√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs

Fall Quarter			Winter Quarter			Spring Quarter			Summer Quarter
	Total:			Total:			Total:			Total:
√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs

Program planning is based on information available at the time of preparation. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with their LCC advisor and with an advisor at the college to which they plan to transfer for specific requirements. Consult the LCC catalog for LCC graduation requirements.

Most four-year universities require one year of a single foreign language as a graduation requirement.

Requirements

About The Program

This is a full-time program that provides the student with both academic coursework and preschool and public school experience necessary to become a beginning teacher of children ages birth to 5 years. The program allows the student to experience working with young children and their mentor teachers. The program includes teaching methods in reading and language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, children’s literature and materials, and expressive arts. The foundation for the methods classes are theory classes, with emphasis placed on educational foundations, child development and psychology, nutrition, families, communities, schools and other agencies.

Students entering the Early Childhood Education Program must show evidence of a current TB test and obtain a cleared Portable Background check through Washington State Dept of Early Learning MERIT System.

See: http://www.del.wa.gov/requirements/info/background.aspx

Degree Requirements

Communications:
15 credits - ENGL& 101 English Composition I AND ENGL& 102 Composition II AND CMST& 220 (was SPCH 110) Public Speaking OR CMST& 230 (was SPCH 114) Small Group Communication.
Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills:
5 credits – MATH& 107 or higher with the exception of MATH& 131.
Humanities:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List. No more than 5 credits in foreign language at the 100 level, no more than 10 credits from any one discipline. No more than 5 credits in performance/skills courses are allowed.
Natural Sciences:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List; must include 5 credits of lab courses. At least 10 credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences. No more than 5 credits from Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Courses used to satisfy this requirement may not be used to satisfy the Quantitative Skills requirement.
Social Sciences:
15 credits – Selected from at least two disciplines on the Distribution List. No more than 10 credits from any one discipline. PSYC, SOC, and POLS are recommended disciplines.
Diversity:
5 credits – From the Diversity Course List. Courses that meet this requirement may also be used toward other graduation requirements. Diversity courses are listed in the quarterly schedule and identified by ‘DIV’ attached to the course title. Example: EDUC& 205 Intro to Education w/Field Experience:DIV.
Electives:
25 credits - See advisor for approved list of electives. No more than 15 credits may be taken from the Restricted Course List.

Recommended Electives

ECED& 100	Child Care Basics	3
ECED& 105	Intro to Early Childhood Ed	5
ECED& 160	Curriculum Development	5
EDUC& 130	Guiding Behavior	3
EDUC& 150	Child, Family, Community	3
EDUC& 203	Exceptional Child	3
EDUC& 205	Intro to Education w/Field Exp:DIV	5

Diversity and Distribution Lists are available in the Lower Columbia College Academic Catalog and at lowercolumbia.edu/catalog.

Total transferable credits required to earn this degree: 90 in courses numbered 100 or above with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0. A course cannot be credited toward more than one distribution or skill area.

Students completing this program should acquire the following skills and abilities:

AA DTA Outcomes

Upon the completion of the AA DTA, students will be prepared for transfer to a four-year institution for the student's intended career pathway, and have the following skills and abilities:

Global Skills (assessed at degree level):

Communication: Express ideas and information in writing and speaking in a manner that is clear and appropriate to the audience, and read and listen effectively.
Critical thinking: Apply objective, valid methods of inquiry and problem-solving to draw rational, ethical, and coherent conclusions.
Interpersonal relations: Interact effectively with individuals and/or within groups.
Numeracy: Achieve competency with numbers and graphical skills to interpret and communicate quantifiable information, and apply mathematical and statistical skills in practical and abstract contexts.

General education outcomes (assessed at course level):

Diversity: Examine the causes and expressions of difference, power, and discrimination.
Humanities: Explore how people process, document, and express their social and cultural experience.
Social Science: Examine society, behavior, and relationships among individuals within a society.
Natural Science: Develop familiarity with various aspects of the physical world and scientific explanations of observed phenomena.

Area of study outcomes:

Create and maintain a safe and healthy environment for young children.
Demonstrate an understanding of how children differ in their development and approaches to learning and use this knowledge to provide opportunities supporting physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.
Develop relationships with children enhancing children’s self-esteem, social-emotional development, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrate the ability to use theory, research, developmentally appropriate practice and a variety of instructional strategies when planning and implementing curriculum.
Use individual and group guidance and problem-solving techniques to support positive relationships with children assisting their development in self-esteem, self control, and self motivation.
Establish a partnership with families, providing information and resources, strengthening the home to school connection.
Create an anti-biased, culturally relevant environment/curriculum, embracing the multifaceted term diversity, which includes, but is not exclusive to race, ethnicity, family diversity, and learning styles.
Develop personally and professionally, maintaining current knowledge in the field and participating in on-going professional development.
Communicate effectively through the spoken and written word and through visual materials for varied audiences and purposes.
Gather empirical data employing a variety of observation and assessment tools, and analyze data with the purpose of developing age and developmentally appropriate curriculum.
Utilize a variety of contemporary research strategies; evaluate the validity of sources, and credit ideas or sources appropriately.

Revised June 2019 (Effective Summer 2019)

Planner

The distribution lists are in the LCC Catalog. If you are online, click on the links below:

Diversity Course List

Distribution List

AA - DTA Unofficial Degree Completion Worksheet

ONLINE – AA - DTA Unofficial Degree Completion Worksheet
This worksheet is for students who are only taking online courses to earn their AA-DTA.

Advisors: Ann Williamson, (360) 442-2892, awilliamson@lowercolumbia.edu
Josie Zbaeren, (360) 442-2891, jzbaeren@lowercolumbia.edu

Fall Quarter			Winter Quarter			Spring Quarter			Summer Quarter
	Total:			Total:			Total:			Total:
√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs

Fall Quarter			Winter Quarter			Spring Quarter			Summer Quarter
	Total:			Total:			Total:			Total:
√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs	√	Courses	Crs

Program planning is based on information available at the time of preparation. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with their LCC advisor and with an advisor at the college to which they plan to transfer for specific requirements. Consult the LCC catalog for LCC graduation requirements.

Most four-year universities require one year of a single foreign language as a graduation requirement.