2023 Fall Course Info
2024 Spring Course Info
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Spring 2024 Course Information
Administration and Supervision in Early Childhood Settings
| University: | South Dakota State University |
| Course Number: | EEC 432 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $435 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | January 08, 2024 - May 03, 2024 |
Course Description
This course covers issues surrounding the administration of early childhood programs including identification of community needs, analysis of business opportunities, the evaluation and appropriate use of space and quality programming, consideration of policy and legal responsibilities, and professionalism in the field. In addition, students in this course explore best practices in staff selection, training, coaching, and supervision.
Contacts
Instructor
Mary Bowne
Office: 605-688-5989
mary.bowne@sdstate.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education Program
Adams, Kronberg, Donley, Lynch
Edition: 10th Edition
ISBN: 13: 978-0-3575-13
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Course Access
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students.
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
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