Early Childhood Education Outdoor Learning Short Certificate

• Promote Child Development - Identify and understand young children's characteristics and needs from birth to 8 years of age
• Promote Child Development - Identify the interaction of various influences on children's development and learning
• Promote Child Development - Create healthy, respectful, supportive and challenging environments for young children
• Build family and community relationships - Describe diverse family and community characteristics
• Build family and community relationships - Support and engage families and communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships
• Build family and community relationships - Involve families and communities in young children's development, understanding that families are the child's first teachers
• Observe, document and assess to support young children and families - Articulate the goals, benefits and uses of assessment
• Observe, document and assess to support young children and families - Know and use observation, documentation, assessment tools to identify strengths of children
• Observe, document and assess to support young children and families - Practice responsible assessment to promote positive outcomes for each child
• Observe, document and assess to support young children and families - Collaborate with colleagues and families
• Use developmentally appropriate practices - Discuss how positive relationships and supportive interactions serve as the foundation for working with young children
• Use developmentally appropriate practices - Know and use a broad repertoire of teaching and learning strategies and approaches
• Use developmentally appropriate practices - Reflect on personal practice to promote positive outcomes
• Use content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum - Explain content knowledge and resources in academic areas
• Use content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum - Demonstrate knowledge of research and structure of each content area
• Use content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum - Utilize the process of inquiry
• Use content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum - Design, implement and evaluate appropriate curriculum reflecting early learning standards.
• Become a professional - Become involved with the early childhood field through professional and peer organizations
• Become a professional - Articulate and uphold ethical standards and other early childhood professional guidelines
• Become a professional - Engage in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice
• Become a professional - Integrate knowledgeable, reflective and critical perspectives on early education

All costs are estimates and are not guarantees. For the most current program information, check with an adviser by calling 206.934.5391. There are additional costs for books and supplies. Each student is responsible for the purchase of certain supplies and required tools before the instruction begins.

Hours may vary based on specific program requirements. For the most current program information, check with an adviser by calling 206.934.5391.