1. Early Childhood Education
By: Rachel Braund, Allyson Clingenpeel, Natasha Morgan, Jessica Plank, Gabi Goetz, and Erica Young
Natasha

2. Program Description
For students who want to pursue a career in childcare or education field.
Curriculum with hands on learning environment, learning how to meet the needs of the children.
Offers dual credits and certification.
Encourages leadership, management, child development skills and organization.
Offers a learning environment that will follow them into college or a vocational school.
Encourages students to join outside organizations.
Erica

3. Instructor’s Role
Teaches and manages a classroom setting of students in the childcare field.
Requires a Bachelor's Degree with continuing education throughout their career.
Teaching responsibility, organization, leadership, with basic teaching skills.
Use a curriculum with Indiana standards.
Give the students an opportunity for a hands on experience in working with small children.
Erica

4. Experience
I was amazed that it was such a large facility that included a gym and indoor pool.
Contained a student classroom as well as two preschool classrooms.
Enjoyed visiting with the girls and talking with Bennie Silver
Liked how she had her curriculum set up with units, activities, and the standards for the calendar year in order.
Erica

5. Purpose of Early Childhood Education
Promote readiness among students who want to further their career in ECE
Real-life application for their present of future lives
Practical life skills any student could use
Children get an effective learning environment catering to their developmental level and/or special need.
Gabi

6. What Students Accomplish Within The Program
Some programs offer dual-credits
Certificate of completion
Learn patience with children, nutritional snacks for children, affective toys to buy for certain ages, and the various motor skills a child learns
Learn how to create effective lesson plans and activities for children
Gabi

7. Warren Early Childhood Center
Separate building from high school offering may pre-school classrooms
Students meet in class 2 days a week and teach in the pre-school the other days
Each pre-school classroom is designated for a certain age or cognitive level so they can cater specifically to what the child needs
Gabi

8. Appeal for Students Helps them decide about career
They learn how to interact with children
The only situation with a lot more children than babysitting
They learn how to keep control
No matter the students or the kid’s mood
It’s a fun class!
Rachel

9. McCutcheon
Students take responsibility
They get jobs
Rachel

10. Who benefits from ECE programs?
Students
ECE programs allow students to get hands on experiences working with young children.
Helps students along career pathway.
The community
ECE programs provide the community with childcare services at an affordable cost.
Children from the community get to be in an environment that promotes academic learning, discovery, independence, and social interactions.
Jessica

11. Students with Special Needs
No student can be turned away from the program. As long as they complete the pre-requisites they are eligible.
At Benton Central they offer the class as a service learning credit. This is when students can come to the pre-school and do everything the normal students do with the children except they aren’t required to do the homework.
Jessica

12. Benton Central “Rainbow Table”
Every child is required to participate in that days activity at the rainbow table.
Jessica

13. Observation Guide Explore career pathways in ECE
Curriculum, teaching methods & standards in ECE
Teacher evaluations & strategies
Industry certifications & dual credits
Adapting the learners with special needs
Student safety & labor laws
Student organizations and leadership
Advisory committee & public promotion
Student recruitment, selection & expectations
Specialized knowledge of teacher preparation & licensure
Allyson

14. Interview Questions Teacher:
Restrictions for students with special needs in program?
Advisory committee for program?
How do you assess students through daily routines?
Student:
Most beneficial learning experience so far?
Selection process for acceptance into program?
Participation in FCCLA events?
Allyson

15. Interesting Information
Lack of assessment of students experiences in classroom (binder, lesson plans, bulletin boards, etc.)
Having a student go into the program thinking elementary children are all “fun & games”
High school students are interested in FCCLA events. (I never had FCCLA in HS)
Allyson

16. Questions????