Educational Studies: ECE Unit Concentration- Certificate of Achievement

This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or a  stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework.  Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.

 More specifically the certificate was created to meet the needs of students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related field: 

• The paraprofessional or aspiring paraprofessional teacher aide seeking professional development course work, or to acquire ECE units as a condition of employment. 

• The aspiring paraprofessional or currently employed paraprofessional teacher- aide seeking a career ladder approach to a teaching credential and/or child development permit and seeks to fulfill 16 ECE units at Coastline. 

• The teacher- aide paraprofessional who has decided against pursuing an AA and/or credential or permit but would like to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to serving as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom or school or related environment with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education. 

• Teacher preparation for students on a transfer pathway for a BA and Credential who also desire certificate recognition with an ECE Unit Concentration. 

• Credentialed teachers fulfilling transitional kindergarten (TK)  requirements for ECE units.

• Students from partner colleges looking for online options to fulfill selected articulated ECE courses required for their programs.

In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed to meet the needs of students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online (asynchronous).  

With the completion of this certificate it is expected that students will be able to:

OUTCOME 1: Apply certificate courses towards entry into a teaching credential program and/or to fulfill requirements for a selected child development permit or an employment setting requiring ECE units.

OUTCOME 2: Document the acquisition of foundational knowledge and skills (as related to courses selected for the purpose of this certificate), relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in an early childhood education classroom or related environment.

 Possible employment/ illustrative examples: early childhood education teacher assistant/aide; childcare worker; paraprofessional in early childhood settings with the possible inclusion of special education pre-school settings; Montessori preschool aide; floater teacher’s aide, corporate teacher aide, e.g. Disney, child care center, early childhood nutrition aide, early head start teacher’s aide; infant aide; after school assistant, daycare, outdoor activities assistant (play area), 24-Hour Fitness, YMCA, JCC or similar childcare center; child advocate assistant, court system; recreation specialist, nanny; Lego theme park assistant; behavior specialist.

 

 

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This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or as a  stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework. Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.

Following completion of the certificate it is expected that students will be able to: 

 OUTCOME 1: Apply certificate courses towards entry into a teaching credential program and/or to fulfill requirements for a selected child development permit or an employment setting requiring ECE units.

OUTCOME 2: Document the acquisition of foundational knowledge and skills (as related to courses selected for the purpose of this certificate), relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in an early childhood education classroom or related environment.

This certificate serves as an Early Child Education unit completion pathway and represents a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or as a  stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken 16 units of Early Childhood Education coursework. Coursework is aligned with subject matter proficiency for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring, or other paraprofessional level classroom career in ECE classrooms.

More specifically the certificate was created to meet the needs of students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related field:  

• The paraprofessional or aspiring paraprofessional teacher aide seeking professional development course work, or to acquire ECE units as a condition of employment. 

•  The aspiring paraprofessional or currently employed paraprofessional teacher- aide seeking a career ladder approach to a teaching credential and/or child development permit and seeks to fulfill 16 ECE units at Coastline. 

•  The teacher- aide paraprofessional who has decided against pursuing an AA and/or credential or permit but would like to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to serving as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom or school or related environment with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education. 

• Teacher preparation for students on a transfer pathway for a BA and Credential who also desire certificate recognition with an ECE Unit Concentration. 

• Credentialed teachers fulfilling transitional kindergarten (TK)  requirements for ECE units.

• Students from partner colleges looking for online options to fulfill selected articulated ECE courses required for their programs.

In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed for students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online and asynchronous.      

Part of the TEACH3 program (Teacher Education at the Coast Community College District),  similar courses/ programs/certificates are available in the LA/Orange County Region but none are represented as  ECE  unit completion pathway and none are completely online (asynchronous) so as to accommodate those students who for various reasons face a common obstacle to an education-related career: inability to attend face-to-face classes and/ or meet at one scheduled time every week.    

Across the State similar education certificates, according to the OEI/CVC,  may be available at Cerro Coso and Modesto Community Colleges. 

Possible employment/ illustrative examples: early childhood education teacher assistant/aide; childcare worker; paraprofessional in early childhood settings with the possible inclusion of special education pre-school settings; Montessori preschool aide; floater teacher’s aide, corporate teacher aide, e.g. Disney, child care center, early childhood nutrition aide, early head start teacher’s aide; infant aide; after school assistant, daycare, outdoor activities assistant (play area), 24 Hour Fitness, YMCA, JCC or similar childcare center; child advocate assistant, court system; recreation specialist, nanny; Lego theme park assistant; behavior specialist.

Courses do not have to be taken in any fixed order or semester.  Select any of these courses for a minimum total of 16 units.  

Course Number	Course Name	Units
EDUC C210	Introduction to Special Education	3
PSYC C116	Child Growth and Development	3
PSYC C118	Life Span Developmental Psychology	3
ENGL 143	Children's Literature	3
EDUC C 104	Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contemporary Classrooms	1
EDUC C180	School, Family, Community Partnerships	3
HLTH 100	Personal Health	3

TOTAL: 16 UNITS   

Part of TEACH3-(Teacher Education at the Coast Community College District, a a District Program where students can mix and match classes between campuses. The certificate is one of the pathways to teaching and or a classroom career offered by Coastline's Department of Education.

Similar courses/ programs/certificates are available in the LA/Orange County Region but none are represented as an ECE unit completion pathway and none are completely online (asynchronous) so as to accommodate those students who for various reasons face a common obstacle to an education-related career: inability to attend face-to-face classes and/ or meet at one scheduled time every week. Across the State similar education certificates, according to the OEI/CVC, may be available at Cerro Coso and Modesto Community Colleges.

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