The Early Childhood Education Department supports the college-wide Core Learning Outcomes, in addition to promoting the following program-specific outcomes:
1. Promote Child Development and Learning
- Understand what young children are like
- Understand what influences their development
- Use understanding to create great environments where all children can thrive
2. Build Family and Community Relations
- Understand and value families and communities
- Create respectful reciprocal relationships
- Involve all families
3. Observe, Document, and Assess
- Understand the purposes of assessment
- Use effective assessment strategies
- Use assessment responsibly
4. Teach to Support Children’s Learning
- Build close relationships with children
- Use developmentally effective strategies
- Exhibit sound knowledge of content areas
- Create experiences for positive development and learning
5. Become a Professional
- Identify with the profession
- Be guided by ethical and other professional standards
- Be a continuous collaborative learner
- Think reflectively and critically
- Advocate
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