EARLY CHILDHOOD TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This program provides preparation for paid employment in occupations in child care and guidance at entry, assistant and management levels. The program includes classroom instruction and supervised laboratory/collaborative center experience. Students develop competencies that enable them to provide services, to teach and to guide preschool children as related to various child care occupations.

Topics included are the study of child growth and development, learning experiences for children, behavior guidance, cultural diversity, health/nutrition and safety, program planning and management, parent/child center relationships, child abuse and neglect, regulations and policies relating to child care services, interpersonal relationships and laws, physical motor development/activity and early intervention.

TO EARN LOCAL ARTICULATION CREDIT IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, A STUDENT MUST:

  1. Complete these high school courses with a grade of "A" or "B"
                       Child Care Guidance Management and Services I
                       Child Care Guidance Management and Services II
  2. Have a written recommendation from the high school instructor.
  3. Fill out a local Articulation Credit Application form with all the appropriate signatures and return it to the MCC CTE advisor.
  4. Be a registered full-time student in good standing in the MCC Early Childhood Technology Program.
  5. Complete an interview with the MCC Early Childhood Technology program coordinator.
  6. Must have completed CDT 1113, CDT 1314, CDT 1214, and CDT 1343 with a grade of "A" or "B", since CDT 1224 is a second semester course.

LOCAL ARTICULATED CREDIT MAY BE EARNED FOR THIS MCC COURSE:

                      Child Development II (CDT 1224)                         4 semester hours

DEGREE/MAJOR: Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Technology

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM CONTACT:                          

Mrs. Win Shumate, CDT program coordinator, at 481-1351.
Mrs. Sherry Gunn, program advisor for the CDT program, at 484-8629.