Course Orientation
1. Course Orientation
Course Orientation
Introduction
Welcome to CCS3150: Early Learning and Child Care 5! This is the final course needed for your certification as a Child Development Assistant. Congratulations, you’re almost there!
CCS3150 is a one-credit course where you will learn appropriate practices and planning for the health, safety, and well-being of children in child care programs.
Assessment
Each session includes learning activities. Your course grade will be determined through these activities. As you progress through this course, you and your teacher will decide the weighting of each session and individual learning activities within each session.
You will also observe and interact with children and child care providers in a child care facility. Generally speaking, you will spend approximately 10–12 hours in a child care facility.
Timelines
The time allotted for this course is 25 hours. There are four sessions. Each session will take approximately 4.5 hours to complete. You may need more time to complete some sessions and less time to complete others.
In each session you will review course materials and complete learning activities, and you will discuss your progress and learning activities with your teacher. You will also spend some time completing the Course Summary.
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The following icons are included in this course as visual reminders of what you need to do.
Checking In
You will need to contact your teacher.
Checking My Understanding
You will complete an activity to see if you understand the information presented.
Child Care Facility
You will need to go to a child care facility to complete an activity.
Toolkit
The Toolkit is a library of important documents presented to you throughout the course. Go to the Toolkit at any time to see the following documents and all of the rubrics and checklists:
- Protocol for Working with Children and Child Care Providers
- Children’s Healthy Eating
- Do Bugs Need Drugs?
- Course Completion Checklist
Environmental Impact
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