MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3109 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2017 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 60-65 CIP Code: 13.0401	Primary College: Rio Salado College Initiating College: Rio Salado College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: GC RS Field of Interest: Education Instructional Council: Family and Consumer Sciences (34) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 11-9031, 11-9032, 11-9033, 11-9039?

Description: The Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) in Early Childhood Administration and Management is an integrated program of study that provides an educational foundation in early childhood education plus administrative and management courses specifically related to the business needs and practices of early childhood directors, owners and other management-level staff.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester: GC, RS

Required Courses

CFS206 Child and Family Organizations: Management and Administration 3
CFS207 Organization and Community Leadership in Child and Family Organizations 3
CFS208 Child and Family Organizations: Fiscal Management and Grant Writing 3
EED200 Foundations of Early Childhood Education 3
EED212 Guidance, Management and the Environment 3
EED215 Early Learning: Health, Safety, Nutrition and Fitness 3
EED220 Child, Family, Community and Culture 3
EED222 Introduction to the Exceptional Young Child: Birth to Age Eight 3

+ EED260 Early Childhood Infant/Toddler Internship (1) OR
+ EED261 Early Childhood Preschool Internship (1) 1

+ EED278 Early Learning: Curriculum and Instruction - Birth/Preschool 3
+ EED280 Standards, Observation and Assessment of Typical/Atypical Behaviors of Young Children Birth to Age Eight 3
+ FCS250 Portfolio Development and Professional Writing 3
+ FCS260 Family and Consumer Science Internship 1

Credits: 35

Restricted Electives
Students must select courses from any combination of the following prefixes for a total of 3 credits. Selected courses must be in addition to those in the Required Courses area. CIS105 Survey of Computer Information Systems 3 + CFS+++ Any CFS Child/Family Studies course 1-3 + ECH+++ Any ECH Early Childhood Education course 1-3 + EED+++ Any EED Early Education course 1-3 + ITD+++ Any ITD Infant/Toddler Development course 1-3	Credits: 3

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-27

General Education Core	Credits: 12-17

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
+ ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND + ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3)

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
COM100 Introduction to Human Communication (3) OR COM110 Interpersonal Communication (3) OR + COM225 Public Speaking (3) OR COM230 Small Group Communication (3)

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment.

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
Any approved general education course from the Mathematics area.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
EDU/ENH291 Children`s Literature 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
CFS205 Human Development 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area.

Program Competencies
1. Summarize the management and administration of community-based child and family organizations within the context of organizational behaviors, including the functions of administration, structure, and characteristics. (CFS206) 2. Analyze organization and community leadership in community-based child and family services organizations. (CFS207) 3. Differentiate between various leadership styles. (CFS207) 4. Summarize fiscal accountability and management in community-based child and family services organizations. (CFS208) 5. Analyze various types of resource development in community-based child and family services organizations such as grants and private funding. (CFS208) 6. Analyze philosophies of early care and education and articulate arguments and reasons for various types of early childhood programs. (EED200) 7. Describe the history of early childhood education. (EED200) 8. Explain professionalism, ethics, and standards related to the field of early childhood. (EED200) 9. Summarize developmental characteristics of young children and how the characteristics influence behavior. (EED200, EED212) 10. Describe how various environments impacts a child`s life. (EED212) 11. Summarize various impacts on discipline perspectives, including family beliefs, cultural beliefs, and the teacher`s personal beliefs. (EED212) 12. Explain infection control measures and sanitation techniques for a group setting. (EED215) 13. Summarize various safety procedures related to outdoor activities, playground equipment, transportation policies, and poison control. (EED215) 14. Summarize documentation requirements for documenting health histories, medications, emergencies, daily events, growth, and development in an early childhood setting. (EED215) 15. Explain the importance of a young child`s nutritional well-being, including basic nutritional needs and physical fitness. (EED215) 16. Analyze how family, community, and cultural influences impact a child`s development. (EED220) 17. Summarize the attachment process from infancy through preschool age that occurs within families and potential personal and societal threats to those attachments. (EED220) 18. Determine how demographics influence early childhood education programs and services, and whether a program serves the child and his/her family within in their community and culture effectively. (EED220) 19. Describe an exceptional learner (birth to 5 years old) and the processes used to identify, assess, and refer an exceptional learner. (EED222) 20. Describe various areas of exceptionality. (EED222) 21. Explain the Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP) and Individual Education Plan (IEP) and their importance. (EED222) 22. Apply early childhood education classroom instruction to work experiences during 80 hours per credit per semester. (EED260, EED261) 23. Identify and describe the principles of how young children learn. (EED278) 24. Compare and contrast current approaches to curriculum in early childhood settings and use Arizona Early Childhood Standards to explain the components of early learning and special needs curriculum. (EED278) 25. Differentiate between various assessment procedures for early learning. (EED278) 26. Explain factors that may influence early learning curriculum such as individual differences, family values, and community expectations. (EED278) 27. Examine the ethical and legal ramifications of standards, observation, identification, inclusion, and assessment in early childhood. (EED280) 28. Describe the various purposes of observation and assessment and explain the roles and responsibilities of an educational team. (EED280) 29. Use various methods of observation and assessment. (EED280) 30. Demonstrate effective communication techniques with young children, parents, and various educational team members. (EED212, EED280) 31. Demonstrate the ability to use computer software programs and write professional documents demonstrating a purpose, logical organization and inclusion of pertinent information for appropriate audiences. (FCS250) 32. Apply family and consumer science classroom instruction to work experiences during 80 hours per credit per semester. (FCS260)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 3-25-08

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.