EarlyEdU courses are designed to meet the requirements for three college credit courses in bachelor degree completion programs. They have also been field-tested as upper division courses. Content areas align with Child Development Associate (CDA) subject area requirements and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards.
Foundation courses can be used in the first year of a bachelor’s degree completion program, or they may be modified to serve for lower division or CDA credential requirements.
EarlyEdU Course | Sequence Recommendation | CDA Subject Area | NAEYC Standard and Elements |
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Applied Child Development and Family Engagement | Foundation This course has been identified as a potential lower-division or CDA course because the content is foundational to all early childhood education coursework and it covers multiple CDA subject areas. |
2. Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development 3. Supporting children’s social and emotional development 4. Building productive relationships with families 8. Understanding principles of child development and learning |
1. Promoting child development and learning:
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Child Observation and Assessment | Foundation This course has been identified as a potential lower division or CDA course because the ability to observe and assess student learning is foundational for teaching academic domains and because it is in direct alignment with CDA requirements. |
7. Observing and recording children’s behavior | 3. Observing, documenting, and assessing to support young children and families
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Becoming a Teacher Leader | Foundation High potential for lower division course or CDA requirement |
5. Managing and effective operation 6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism |
6. Becoming a professional
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Positive Behavioral Support | Foundation This course has been identified as a foundation course because behavior support is often the first step in successful teaching and learning. |
3. Supporting children’s social and emotional development | 1. Promoting child development and learning
2. Building family and community relationships
4. Using developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
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Engaging Interactions and Environments | Foundational Learning to use interactions to support student learning is foundational to successful teaching and learning. |
2. Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development 3. Supporting children’s social and emotional development |
4. Using developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
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Resiliency and Wellness for Educators | Foundation This course has been identified as a foundational course because skills learned will benefit student teachers in their work, lives, and additional courses. There are currently no similar requirements in either the CDA or NAEYC standards. |
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Children’s Health and Well-being | Information related to nutrition, physical health, and safety make this course suitable for CDA requirements. Deep dive into research supporting the value of health and safety make this course suitable for upper division credits |
1. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment 2. Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development |
3. Promoting child development and learning
5. Using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
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Laying Foundation for Reading: Supporting Language and Literacy Development in Preschool | These courses are identified as upper division as they build upon previous knowledge. Content covers specializations and specific academic domains. Institutions may use these courses as requirements or electives. | Courses with a focus on academic areas and specializations are more specific than the CDA requires. CDA requires an introduction to essential concepts, inquiry tools and structures for teaching academic concepts but does not include specific content areas or curricula. |
4. Using developmentally effective approaches to connect with children and families
5. Using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
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Cognition and General Knowledge | |||
Executive Functioning and Approaches to Learning | |||
Learning with Digital Media in Early Childhood | |||
Supporting Dual Language Learners | |||
Highly Individualized Teaching and Learning | |||
Practice-Based Coaching | Upper division elective Potential for use in coach certification | Not applicable | |
The Intentional Teacher | Upper division This is a capstone course that combines and builds upon content from previous courses. |
Not applicable |
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