Welcome to CE100 Unit 1 - Preparing for a Career in Early Childhood Development Mike Manock, Instructor AIM: mimanock We will start in just a few minutes. Glad to have you here!

Agenda Welcome/ Course Overview Syllabus Review Unit 1 Seminar Questions Unit 1 Assignments Q & A

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Welcome! Before I go over what is expected and a few policies tonight…Let’s start with a brief (city, state) introduction telling where you are from. Where are you from?

Welcome Incredible, isn’t it, to see all the places we’re representing here in this one small group, technology never ceases to amaze me Now that we’re feeling a little more comfortable with each other, let me introduce myself. My name is Mike Manock and I’ll be your instructor and facilitator for the next several weeks. You may call me Prof, Professor, Mike or Mr. Manock whichever you prefer. Prof is sometimes easier to type and to remember, especially in seminar

Course Description Early childhood professionals establish an environment for the early learning success of the children they serve. This course provides the opportunity for the early childhood development student to prepare for success in the Kaplan University classroom environment. Topics addressed include roles, responsibilities, and various career opportunities within the field, professional standards, personal management tools, strategies, and university resources. Additionally, students will preview the portfolio project that will be developed in the final capstone course in the program.

Course Overview Course Topics Unit 1: Preparing for a Career in Early Childhood Unit 2: Professional Roles with population and needs served Unit 3: Program, Courses and Goals Unit 4: Customize your Degree Plan Unit 5: Basic Concepts, Skills and Issues Unit 6: Professional Organizations Unit 7: Professional Development and KU Resources Unit 8: Ethics in Early Childhood Development Unit 9: Next Steps in your Academic Career Unit 10: Focus on Career Professionals in the field of Early Childhood Development

What if I don’t have my book yet? No worries! There is no textbook for this class. All the readings for this class are located in the units as links. Microsoft Word is a Kaplan requirement All assignments and projects must be submitted using Word

The Readings Please note that the readings in this course will be valuable resources to you throughout your academic program and even as you enter your career, so please create a filing system for yourself and save the PDFs and documents provided. You will be happy you did!

Announcements I post weekly announcements throughout the term on the course homepage. Please make sure to read all of them as important information for the term will be posted under these announcements. They will also tell you what is due each week.

Weekly Schedule Our weeks run from Wednesday-Tuesday. All work is due by Tuesday night at 11:59 PM EST All deadlines are in EST. Please adjust your schedule so that you turn in work at the appropriate times. Those of you on Pacific Time will have work due at 9 PM! Be careful of this. Please give me a week to grade and post your projects. I try to get everything back to you as quickly as I can.

Grading You will be graded on the following: –Seminar- weekly Attend a flex seminar or complete option 2 –Discussion Boards- weekly Answer the discussion questions Respond to other students –Graded Reviews- various units Several units will have a quiz to review the information –Assignments and Projects- (units1,2,4, 7) Several units will have a project due at the end of the unit

Grading Grading SummaryPoints Discussions 35 points each)350 Seminars 20 points each)180 Content Reviews 50 points each) 200 Unit 1 Assignment10 Unit 2 Project100 Unit 4 Project120 Unit 7 Project40 Total Points1000

Conditional Admittance Policy All Kaplan University undergraduate students will be considered conditionally admitted to the University and will not receive financial aid while in this status. All University policies nevertheless apply to such students, and they enjoy all the rights and resources of a fully instated student during the period of conditional admittance. At the end of the fifth week of classes, the University will review the academic performance of conditionally admitted students. Students who have earned a grade up to that point of 65 percent or higher for all coursework will be allowed to continue in their program and will only then be eligible for disbursement of any financial aid and to receive credit for the course. The University will reverse the enrollment of any student not meeting these criteria, and such a student will not owe any financial obligation to the University except for the application fee, which is non-refundable Students whose enrollments are reversed in this manner may not reapply for admission for one year unless they qualify for a waiver as applied by the dean of their respective school.

Seminar You have one of two options: Option 1. Attend seminar like you are now and participate in the discussion. –Respond with quality answers to the questions asked in seminar –Provide professional and respectful comments to other classmates –Keep in mind this is a classroom; not a online chat room setting, thanks

Seminar Option 2. If you cannot attend seminar- you can answer the seminar discussion questions in the Unit under the seminar icon, type your answers in Word and submit your assignment in the dropbox in place of attending seminar. –Answer questions in a professional manner –Address each part of the question –Meet word requirements and double check your spelling and grammar

Discussion Board You are to post a response to every part of the discussion questions. You also need to respond to at least two other students for the discussion question in the unit – this is the minimum. Posting more will earn a higher grade –Not just “I agree”– tell why you agree Your discussion board grade will be based on your quality responses to the questions for that lesson and your responses to other student’s posts as well as spelling and grammar. Please post early to further and enhance the discussion each week

Graded Reviews You will have quizzes to take in several units. The quizzes will consist of true/false questions. They will review information from the unit readings and activities. Please follow the directions for submitting your quiz in the units.

Assignments and Projects You will have projects due in units 1, 2, 4, and 7. The directions are listed in the course within the units. I will also go over the directions in seminar. The grading rubrics for each are on my syllabus and the directions are in the units in which they are due. Use the templates given for the projects in the unit.

Syllabus Please make sure to read over the syllabus. It has all of my grading and policies listed. Late policies are also listed –Some points are much better than no points.

Thank you! Thank you so much for your patience tonight as I went over several things that will hopefully help you. Please know you can always me any questions, post them under general questions or ask them at the end of seminar.

Unit 1 Seminar Share your reasons for pursuing the Early Childhood Development program.

Unit 1 Seminar What motivates you to enter this field?

Unit 1 Seminar What experiences do you have working with children?

The Science of Early Childhood Development atch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA Share 2 new things you’ve learned about the importance of early childhood development?

Take a Field Trip! Starting to teach kids young. FJNF39CHsSE&NR=1 Early learning and development can happen anywhere!

Why is your attitude so important to your success?

24 Hour Challenge Communication is very important in all aspects of life. Being positive is also very important… I have all of my classes try this…I have a challenge for you…

24 Hour Challenge For the next 24 hours you can be nothing but positive to everyone. Your family (kids and significant others), friends, strangers, co- workers, even fellow drivers on the road : ) Only positive thoughts and comments, even to yourself! Please try this and see how well you do, sometimes it is not as easy as it seems. See if it affects you or others around you. I will ask you how it went at our next seminar.

Remember that communication is vital in all aspects of life and you need to be aware of who your audience is when communicating to be effective and come across in a positive manner.

Unit 1 Assignment - Questionnaire For this assignment, you will complete a questionnaire about your experience and plans for the future. This questionnaire does not have right or wrong answers, so no pressure! What is important is that you answer all of the questions honestly and completely. To complete this assignment, please do the following: Open the questionnaire by clicking the Web Resources icon on the directions page in Unit 1 for the assignment. The questionnaire will open in another window, where you will be able to type your answers to the questions directly into the questionnaire form. Note: Before you move on to the next step, double check that you have entered your address correctly. You may use the address of your choice, but it must be accurate or you will not receive the system that is required to complete your assignment. When you have completed all of the questions, click Submit at the bottom of the form. After you have submitted your questionnaire, you will receive an with all of the questions and your answers.

Unit 1 Assignment - Questionnaire Open the and copy all of the questions and answers. Open the assignment template available by clicking the Template icon on the directions page in Unit 1 for the assignment. Paste the questions and answers that you just copied from your into the assignment template. Save your assignment and submit in the dropbox – Unit 1 Assignment

Unit 1 Graded Review Please follow the directions in the unit to answer the questions over information about the class and unit 1. Questions will be true/false. You may use all notes that you have to complete the quiz. You will do great!

Unit 1 work due Tuesday Seminar – –Attend flex seminar or complete option 2 Discussion – –Answer to the discussion questions in the unit and respond to at least 2 other classmates with substantial posts- minimum Complete Questionnaire assignment Complete Unit 1 Graded Review

Final Thoughts We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Have a great week! I will end our discussion here. I will stay on for another 10 minutes if you have additional questions. Remember to post to the discussion questions. Have a great week and please let me know if I can help you in any way. Thanks for a great first seminar!