Early Childhood Education - 50190
600 clock hours
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Education and Training career cluster. The program provides technical skill proficiency, competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Education and Training career cluster.
The content includes but is not limited to competencies related to the following elements of the Early Childhood industry: planning, management, finance, technical and production skills; underlying principles of technology; labor, community, health, safety, and environmental issues; and developmentally appropriate practices for children birth through age eight.
Degree Requirements
Required Program
| HEV 0870 | Child Care Worker I (N) | 110-150 hours |
| HEV 0871 | Child Care Worker II (N) | 150 hours |
| HEV 0872 | Teacher Aide (Preschool) (N) | 150 hours |
| HEV 0873 | Preschool Teacher (N) | 150 hours |
If
HEV 0870 is taken for less than 150 hours, student must
select 30 hours from:
| HEV 0118 | Family Day Care Worker Training (N) | 3 - 30 hours |
| | Or | |
| HEV 0115 | 30-Hour Statewide Childcare Training (N) | 30 hours |
| | Or | |
| HEV 0132 | Child Growth and Development (N) | 6 hours |
| HEV 0166 | Health, Safety and Nutrition (N) | 8 hours |
| HEV 0181 | Behavioral Observation and Screening in Child Care (N) | 6 hours |
| HEV 0199 | Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (N) | 4 hours |
and select one:
| HEV 0805 | Rules and Regulations (N) | 6 hours |
| HEV 0806 | Family Child Care Rules and Regulations (N) | 6 hours |
and select one
| HEV 0116 | Introduction to Preschool Practices (N) | 10 hours |
| HEV 0126 | Special Needs (N) | 10 hours |
| HEV 0171 | Infant Toddler Appropriate Practices (N) | 10 hours |