What does it mean to be a practicing early childhood professional today? Make connections between the many California Department of Education guiding documents including but not limited to: California Preschool Learning Foundations and California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks Volumes 1, 2, 3, California Early Childhood Educator Competencies, and Alignment of California Common Core Standards to Key Early Learning Resources.
Explore, experience, and apply assessment strategies using observation tools and systems in the early childhood classroom. Explore tools and specific activities that apply the principles of state and national documents directly to classroom practice in child-centered and engaging methods. All course materials are provided through the online course website.
Explore the current research on the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) and development in young children. Design classroom application activities to support the social and emotional development of the young learner. Implement techniques to help your students develop positive social skills.
Discover how to meet the needs of all children in your classroom by implementing a differentiated curriculum. Include teaching strategies in all curricular areas to meet the diverse needs of all students including English learners, students with disabilities, academically challenged students, GATE students and multicultural students in the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten classroom.
Discover how to plan and implement curriculum in a classroom that addresses the needs of all children. A focus on autism is included. Experience the challenges children with exceptionalities face in an all-inclusion classroom. Include teaching strategies in all curricular areas to meet the needs of all students in the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten classroom.
Discover how to plan and implement teaching strategies and content in the area of science into the early childhood curriculum. Explore the Guiding Documents to help align your science curriculum with Foundations and Standards. Gain access to current research for science in early childhood classrooms.
English language arts and literacy are important in the Common Core Standards, and this course will help you understand the Core standards and address the standards without being constrained or limited. The course focuses on the fundamental aspects of literacy, a solid foundation for reading and writing, student inquiry, differentiated instruction and culturally relevant best teaching practices.
We all know how important it is to get parents on board when it comes to their children. Explore the issues of educating parents through the study of specific developmental assets that integrate factors such as family dynamics, support from community adults, values development and social skills. Parenting is a process and has a variety of rights, responsibilities and roles that change across the lifespan.
Develop an understanding of the 'why' behind behavior problems in the early childhood classroom. Once you've understood the why, learn how to best apply practical behavior management strategies and solutions in the classroom. Discover supportive social emotional curriculum and resources intended to support behavior prevention and management
Understand and make connections between counting as a foundational math concept and how it leads to and supports the development of later developing skills, including: number sequences, base ten number system, counting principles, cardinality, one-to-one correspondence, comparing, subitizing, and more.
This course will help you improve early math learning in your preschool classroom by understanding practical strategies that can be used to support children's success in patterning, while gaining confidence for yourself as a capable math teacher! You will learn to develop patterning opportunities that are intentional, developmentally appropriate, engaging, and playful.
This course is designed to build educators' confidence and competence in incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) concepts and bringing them alive in the early childhood education classroom. STEM concepts advance children's cognitive and creative thinking skills and introduce them to a variety of topics and concepts that support their learning and growth in all other academic areas.
This course will introduce you to eight key practices to apply in supporting young children's early literacy development: knowing, showing, designing, including, engaging, observing and responding. Intentional focus on the following areas is incorporated: language and knowledge, print concepts, sounds and letters, writing, text comprehension.
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