ECHD 655 - Focus on Preschool Curriculum

3 Credit(s) | Discussion | Graded
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This online course is designed to prepare students to effectively implement child-centered curriculum in early childhood preschool classrooms. Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, and experiences to implement curriculum and assess children¿s development using guiding principles and evidence-based instructional practices. Students will develop a child-centered pedagogy to support whole child development by simultaneously addressing social-emotional and academic skills and valuing cultural, linguistic, and developmental diversity. Students will learn to utilize high-quality, developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and will deepen their understanding of curriculum components, quality elements, and scope and sequence of the curriculum through standards-based lesson design and individual coaching sessions.

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