Occupational Development - Child Development Specialist Emphasis

Child Development Specialist Emphasis

Associate in Applied Science
60 Credit Hours

Purpose
The Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist (ACDS) is an approved apprenticeship training program now available for persons who work as aides in the HeadStart program. Under the guidelines of the Associate in Applied Science in Occupational Development, a participant in a registered apprenticeship program (RAP) may combine the classroom training and on-the-job experience gained through the RAP with a well-define general education curriculum of the College to earn an associate degree. The Associate in Applied Science in Occupational Development, Child Development Specialist Emphasis, consists of three Components.

Component I - General Education Core: 24 Credit Hours

Communications/Humanities - 13 credit hours
EN 101     English Composition I                                                                           3 credit hours
EN 102     English Composition II                                                                          3 credit hours
MU 103    Preschool Music, Movement, and Art                                                         3 credit hours
OR 110     Orientation to College                                                                          1 credit hour
SP 103    Speech Fundamentals                                                                            3 credit hours

Computer Literacy - 1 credit hour
CS 103    Introduction to Applications                                                                    1 credit hour

Quantitative Skills/Laboratory Science - 7 credit hours
MT 121     College Math for General Education                                                         3 credit hours
                  Laboratory science course                                                                 4 credit hours

Social Sciences - 3 credit hours
PY 201     General Psychology                                                                             3 credit hours

Component II - Classroom Training: 16 hours
ED 115     Early Childhood Health, Safety, and Nutrition                                            3 credit hours
ED 120     Approaches to Discipline                                                                       3 credit hours
ED 212     Principles and Theories                                                                         3 credit hours
ED 214     Child Development                                                                              3 credit hours
ED 215     School Readiness                                                                                3 credit hours
ED 235     Praxis I                                                                                            1 credit hour

Component III - On-the-Job Experience: 20 hours

Upon successful completion of the 24 credit hours required in Component I, the 16 credit hours required in Component II, and the 4000 hours of on-the-job experience required by the ACDS program, the student will be awarded 20 hours of credit (at 200:1 ratio) provided through the ACDS on-the-job experience component. This credit will be listed on the College transcript as ACDS On-the-Job Experience, 20 credit hours with a grade of CR after payment of the $10 per credit hour administrative fee ($200). The credit will only be awarded to those who have successfully completed all college credit hours, the classroom training component, and the on-the-job experience component of the program, present the nationally recognized certificate issued by the U.S. Department of Labor and meet all graduation requirements for the Associate in Applied Science in Occupational Development Program, Child Development Specialist Emphasis.      

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