Early Childhood
The Early Childhood program is designed to prepare students for a career in teaching young children. Graduates are prepared to:
- Interact with young children in a professional, supportive and nurturing manner
- Plan and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment
- Design an implement developmentally-appropriate curricula
- Observe and document developmental progress
- Facilitate home-center communication
Enjoy teaching young children? This program will prepare you for a career as a teacher or teaching assistant in child day care centers, preschools and Head Start programs.
Career Opportunities
Graduates will be prepared to accept positions ranging from Teacher Assistant to Teacher in Child Day Care Centers, Preschools, Head Start programs and a variety of other early childhood facilities.
Transfer Information
Students who complete the A.A.S. degree in Early Childhood with a minimum of a 2.5 grade point average, will be guaranteed admission into the Bachelor of Science degree in Child Care & Development at SUNY Cobleskill with full junior status. Students who play to transfer into four-year teach preparation programs should major in Liberal Arts and Sciences: Childhood Education, not Early Childhood.
Download the program page, as published in the 2009-2011 College Catalog
Related Courses
- Child Growth and Development
- Curriculum and Methods in Teaching Early Childhood Education
- Developmental Psychology
- Fundamentals of Art in Early Childhood Education
- Fundamentals of Music for Early Childhood Education
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education
- Literature for Children
- Marriage and Family
- Practicum I: Early Childhood
- Practicum II: Early Childhood