School Age Care and Recreation Certificate of Achievement

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this program will be able to:

• Describe developmental milestones for children in the areas of physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and language development.
• Identify environmental, cultural, family, economic, political, historical contexts that influence all children’s development.
• Demonstrate skills and knowledge related to the unique needs of children in school age in a before and after recreation settings.
• Use the ongoing cycle of curriculum development to plan, implement, and evaluate early childhood curriculum including environments based on developmentally, culturally, linguistically appropriate practices.
• Apply developmental theory, knowledge of child development, and research based teaching strategies to meet the unique educational needs of young children individually and in group care settings.
• Demonstrate professional skills including ethical practices, written and verbal communication, collaboration, advocacy, and identification of personal qualifications in relationship to state and national requirements for teachers.

Core Courses

• CD 101 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN 3 Units *
• CD 105 - CHILD, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY 3 Units
• CD 107 - CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 3 Units
• CD 110 - INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULUM  3 Units
• CD 111 CHILD GUIDANCE AND COMMUNICATION 3 Units *
• CD 112 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION 3 Units *
• CD 117 TEACHING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY 3 Units *
• CD 120 OBSERVATION AND ASSESSMENT 3 Units *