• EDEC 1305: CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN LAB

  1.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course is designed to supervise experiences in planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum activities at an early childhood center. Field hours will be required.
  ShareEDEC 1305 - CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN LAB

• EDEC 1325: EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE, MATH, & SOCIAL SCIENCE

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course explores the standards, theories, principles, and practices of teaching mathematics, science, and social science to young children ages birth to eight. An emphasis will be placed on developing an integrated curriculum that includes developmentally appropriate content, processes, environment and materials, and child-centered choices within a play-based approach to curriculum.
  ShareEDEC 1325 - EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE, MATH, & SOCIAL SCIENCE

• EDEC 1340: DIVERSITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course is designed to provide students with a foundation for understanding best practices in teaching young children within a complex, diverse society. Theories and current practices are explored with an emphasis on individual student beliefs and biases as students develop into culturally sensitive teachers.
  ShareEDEC 1340 - DIVERSITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• EDEC 1490: TOPICS:

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  Topics in Early Childhood Education
  ShareEDEC 1490 - TOPICS:

• EDEC 1800: PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

  1.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides students with an early supervised field experience in a program serving children birth to third grade. Emphasis is placed on reflection and self-awareness of the students' choice of teaching career and development of their professional identity. Students will begin creating a professional portfolio for use in employment and future study.
  ShareEDEC 1800 - PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

• EDEC 2000: ENGAGING FAMILIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course will focus on the philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of working with families and children in early childhood settings. Students may be required to complete field hours.
  ShareEDEC 2000 - ENGAGING FAMILIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS

• EDEC 2122: CHILD DEVELOPMENT LAB

  1.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course serves as a bridge between theory and application through experience in the observation of child growth and development from 0-7 years of age.
  ShareEDEC 2122 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT LAB

• EDEC 2200: PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD II

  1.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides students with a capstone field experience in a program serving children birth to third grade. Emphasis is placed on integrating theoretical concepts into practice and developing skills and experiences as reflective and deliberate decision makers. Students will complete the professional portfolio for use in employment and future study.
  ShareEDEC 2200 - PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD II

• EDEC 2270: LANGUAGE ARTS DEVELOPMENT: BIRTH TO 8 YEARS

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides students with a deeper understanding of how listening, speaking, reading, and writing knowledge and skills develop in young children. This course covers theories and milestones of typical language arts development, disorders and delays in language arts development, language arts curriculum standards, and teaching strategies for creating language-rich learning experiences and environments for diverse learners.
  ShareEDEC 2270 - LANGUAGE ARTS DEVELOPMENT: BIRTH TO 8 YEARS

• EDEC 2275: EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULUM

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course explores a variety of curricula and theoretical approaches to teaching young children. Emphasis is plcaed on understanding the interplay of state and national regulations and standards and frameworks of developmentally appropriate practices. Students develop skills to effectively support children's growth and development in all domains (physical, social, emotional, cognitive) as well as tools and strategies for documenting and sharing children's progress. Students will have opportunities to analyze actual practice as well as design learning activities, environments, and assessments which focus on the whole child and address the needs of diverse learners.
  ShareEDEC 2275 - EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULUM