1. ECE 120: Children’s Growth & Development

2.  Sign in=attendance sheet  Make a name tag (paper & markers)  Informational index card:  Name  What semester are you in?  What previous ECE courses have you had?  What are your present/past experiences with children?  Where are you currently employed?  Documentation of our class: sign photo release paper

3.  "Ice Breaker" Game  on back, add 3 names & contact info (email, phone number, etc.) of classmates…someone to get class info from if you are absent  “Who Am I?”  New Teacher Education Student Orientation PP  our class website  Children’s Literature: Baby Angels

4. Age Ranges Our Infants & Children book Infants 0-1 yrToddlers 1-2 yrs Early childhood 2-6 yrs Middle childhood 6-11 yrs DAP book Young infants 0-9 months Older infants 8-18 months Toddlers 16-36 monthsPreschool 3-5 yrsKindergarten 5-6 yrs Department of Public Welfare Infants 0-1 yr Young toddler 1-2 yrs Older toddler 2-3 yrs Preschool 3-5/6 yrs (kindergarten) Young school-age Kinder-4 th grade

6.  continuum -range, array, assortment, group  There are numbers 1-5 placed around the room; these #’s are based on a continuum on how you feel about a particular subject/question  I want to be a teacher “when I grow up”  I enjoy children  I am excited about this class  I am scared about this class  I am nervous to teach in my “lab” classroom  I am willing to put forth 100% in this class to do my very best

7.  Rules & Regulations  “How to be Successful in this Class” hand-out  “How to go to your LCCC Email Account” and “Printing from your LCCC Account” hand-out  Our class website…let’s try it out!!  Course Binder vs. Program Manual vs. Lab Manual  Required 30 hours of lab & 11 lab lesson plan assignments  Required textbooks  Grading rubric packet/2 individual student grading sheets  keep one for your records & hand one back in for my records  Required assignments  NAEYC Standards Summary hand-out

8. Lab requirements  Paperwork –clearances, updated health form, TB test…anything your specific site wants from you  Expectations of Students in Field Experience Settings handout  11 Lesson plans…you are required to implement at least 3 lesson plans…we’ll get into this more next week Lab sign ups  @ LCCC Early Learning Center or a center of YOUR choice If time permits, tour of Education Research & Resource Lab (SH 125)

9.  Look around the class website; check email several times  Buy and bring your Program Manual to class next week (put it in a 3-ring binder)  we will be going over the Lab Manual papers page by page (remember…lab manual is found as one of the sections inside the Program Manual)  Organize your class binder with the "tabs" listed on your syllabus  Read remainder of Expectations of Students in Field Experience Settings handout  Contact a child care facility to do your 30 hours of lab; get days & times established with them-ask what clearances they require of you  If you need clearances, send them off this week! Don’t wait!!  use the links on the class website to obtain the needed forms