Bachelors Degree - Early Care and Education

2021 Spring Course Info
Child Development - Ages 4 to 8Professional DevelopmentAssessing Young Children and their Environments to Enhance DevelopmentChild Guidance and Classroom EnvironmentsDiversity in the Lives of Young Children and Families
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Spring 2021 Course Information
Professional Development
Course Description
This course explores the role of a professional as a teacher, administrator, or advocate in early childhood programming. Students learn about professionalism and ethics, identifying child abuse, and applying universal precautions. Additional topics are qualities of the early childhood educator, program models, working with children, and working with professional colleagues. During this course, students will meet with the Practicum Coordinator and begin preparations for the practicum experiences.
Contacts
Instructor

Linda Sheeran
linda.sheeran@okstate.edu

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

Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the NAEYC Code
Nancy Freeman, Stephanie Feeney
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 978-1-938113
Publisher: Upper Saddle RIver, NJ: Pearson Education

Professionalism in early childhood education: Doing our best for young children
Feeney, Stephanie
Edition: 2011
ISBN: 13:978-0137
Publisher: Pearson

Course Access
 
The OSU campus coordinator, Karla Sisco, will contact students approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of a semester with preliminary information, and again one week prior to the beginning of the semester with login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
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Janice EdwardsIn addition to the flexible learning environment and knowledgeable faculty, another benefit that’s been a pleasant and unexpected surprise are the meaningful connections I have made with other students from all over the country. Not only have I had the opportunity to learn from their distinct experiences and individual perspectives related to development, but there are classmates that I now consider to be friends and have even had the privilege of meeting in person.

– – Janice Edwards, Community Development Student,
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