PROGRAMS OF STUDY
M assasoit Communit y College
2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 C ata l o g
Child Care Education / College-Approved Certificate The Child Care Education program is designed to provide comprehensive training for students interested in employment in a child care setting. A one-year certificate of completion will be awarded. The program will help students develop the skills, knowledge, and understanding needed to work effectively to create healthy environments where children can grow and learn. At Massasoit, formal instruction is integrated with field experience. The opportunity to work in child care facilities will give meaning to the course work, as well as fulfill Department of Early Education and Care requirements. As a requirement of the Child Care Certificate program, students must successfully complete practicum assignments. Admission to the Child Care program, however, does not ensure a practicum placement.
• PROGRAM CURRICULUM • COLLEGE-APPROVED CERTIFICATE
A prior criminal offense could hinder placement in practicums and future employment in Child Care Education. Students in practicums are never allowed unsupervised contact with children. Students are tentatively placed in practicums that may require a CORI/SORI. Conducting the CORI/SORI is the responsibility of the practicum placement.
Child Care Education – College-Approved Certificate Course Title Course Credits Semester 1 English Composition I
ENGL 101+*
3
Behavior Management in Child Care
CCED 101+
3
Development in Early Childhood
CCED 102+
3
Intro to Early Childhood Education
CCED 105+
3
SPCH 105 or Speech Communication or Oral Interpretation 107+
3
Semester 2 Early Child Curriculum: Multi-Cultural Perspectives
CCED 111+
3
Health, Nutrition, and Safety Needs of the Young Child
CCED 112+
3
Practicum I in Child Care Education
CCED 401+
3
Seminar I in Child Care Education
CCED 407+
3
PSYC 101+ or General Psychology or Principles of Sociology SOCI 104+
3
The Child Care certificate program is consistent with the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) staffing regulations. Massasoit’s program is EEC approved. Those students desiring to advance their leadership opportunities will continue for an additional year of study for an Associate Degree in Child Care Education and Administration.
1. A minimum of 29 credits and 10 courses is required for completion of this College-approved certificate. 2. The same course may not be used as two different course requirements. + Course has a pre- and/or co-requisite. See course description for details.
58
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A student, based on testing scores, may place out of English Composition I (ENGL 101) and substitute any college-level writing course in its place. This is also the case if a student placed into an equivalent to ENGL 102 at another school and was not required to take the ENGL 101 equivalent. Currently there are only three options for replacement: Technical Writing (ENGL 107); Creative Writing (ENGL 119); or Newspaper Journalism (JOUR 120).