University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Bachelor of Innovation in Inclusive Early Childhood Education State of Colorado, Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, and DHS Child Care Center Director Qualifications Equivalency Early Childhood Professional Credential Equivalency (meeting competencies required for Level IV credential) UCCS BI: IECE Course IECE 1000: Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education IECE 4040: Student Teaching and Seminar in Inclusive Early Childhood (8 FT weeks in each birth‐4 and 5‐8) OR IECE 4060: Inclusive Early Childhood Professional Internship IECE 4020: Creating Classroom Communities: Social and Behavioral Supports IECE3010: Early Language and Literacy 1‐ Birth‐4 AND IECE 3020: Block 1 Practicum (birth‐4) AND IECE1010 Diversity and Child Development IECE 2000: Collaborative Partnerships in Inclusive Early Childhood And ENTP 4500: Entrepreneurship and Strategy (designing and ECE Center business) IECE 1020: Learning Through Play AND IECE4000: Math and Numeracy IECE 1010: Diversity and Child Development ENTP 4500: Entrepreneurship and Strategy (designing and ECE Center business) AND BLAW2010: Business Law and Intellectual Property COUN4500: Wellness, Resiliency, and Emotional Intelligence AND IECE 4050: IECE Seminar AND IECE2000: Collaborative Partnerships in Inclusive Early Childhood IECE 3000: Observation and Assessment for the Inclusive Early Childhood Educator AND Research and best practices in inclusive early childhood education and successfully meeting the needs of children with diverse abilities and their families is an emphasis in ALL IECE coursework. Credit State Community College Equivalency
Hours Credit Hours 3 ECE 101: Introduction to Early Childhood Education ECE 102: Early Childhood Lab Experience 3 ECE 1030: Early Childhood Guidance Strategies ECE 111: Infant Toddler Theory and Practice (or EQIT) 3 ECE205: Early Childhood Health, Safety, and Nutrition 3 ECE 220: Early Childhood Curriculum/Methods and Techniques 3 ECE 238: Early Childhood Growth and Development ECE 240: Early Childhood Administration of Child Care Programs 3 10 10 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 3 ECE 241: Early Childhood Human Relations 3 ECE 260: Exceptional Child 3 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Bachelor of Innovation in Inclusive Early Childhood Education Course
Number
IECE
1010:
Course Title
Course Description
Diversity and
Child
Development
This course explores theories of child development and human
diversity within dynamic family and societal structures. Connections
are made to current practices in inclusive early childhood education
to promote cultural competence in professional practice.
Course Outcomes:
IECE
1000:
Introduction to
Inclusive Early
Childhood
Education
This course introduces the history, theoretical foundations, laws,
guiding principles, and programmatic designs of best practices in
inclusive early childhood education. This course includes 10 hours of
field experience in local inclusive early childhood programs and
classrooms.
IECE
1020:
Learning
through Play
This course examines the essential role of play in development and
learning for all children in inclusive settings. Emphasis is placed on the
ways professionals promote and facilitate engaged, meaningful play
with individuals and groups. Students in the course will both research
and implement developmentally appropriate play-based practices
in an associated 10-hour practicum experience.
IECE
2000:
Collaborative
Partnerships in
Inclusive Early
Childhood
This course analyzes collaborative partnerships and communications
among interdisciplinary professional teams and families. Students will
identify strategies for developing strong relationships among all
partners involved in providing high quality inclusive early care and
education.
IECE
3000:
Observation,
and Assessment
for the Inclusive
Early Childhood
Educator
This course prepares early childhood educators to effectively utilize
developmentally and culturally appropriate observation techniques
and assessment tools with young children. Contexts and issues in
observation, documentation, and assessment are reviewed along
with a variety of instruments and evidence-based procedures.
IECE
3010:
Early Language
and Literacy
1(Birth- 4)
IECE
3020:
Block 1
Practicum
IECE
4000:
Math and
Numeracy in the
Early Childhood
Inclusive
Classroom
This course analyzes the development of language and emergent
literacy skills in children from birth through 4 years. Diversity in
development across the language arts areas will be observed and
assessed with a focus on designing and implementing individually
and developmentally appropriate language arts activities.
In Block I Practicum students apply foundational knowledge, skills,
and professional dispositions in inclusive early care and education
settings for infants and children birth through 4 years. Students focus
on children’s literature, language arts, and assessment methods
during the 6-hour per week field placement.
This course targets pedagogical content knowledge in early
childhood mathematics and numeracy for all children. The course
focus is on helping to improve the student’s ability to support
children’s mathematical development in the inclusive early
childhood classroom.
2 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Bachelor of Innovation in Inclusive Early Childhood Education IECE
4010:
Early Language
and Literacy 2
(5-8)
IECE
4020:
Creating
Classroom
Communities
IECE
4030:
Block II
Practicum
IECE
4040:
Student
Teaching
IECE
4050:
IECE Seminar
IECE
4060:
Inclusive Early
Childhood
Professional
Internship
ENTP
4500:
BLAW
2010:
COUN
4500:
This course analyzes the development of language and early literacy
skills in children from 5 through 8 years. Assessment of individual
literacy development and acquisition is explored as the basis for
creating individually and developmentally appropriate literacy
instruction.
This course presents effective practices to create positive classroom
environments that facilitate respectful problem solving and engender
active engagement for all children. Students implement evidencebased strategies that promote classroom communities of respect,
success, and positive socialization.
In Block II Practicum students apply knowledge, skills, and professional
dispositions with increasing competence in inclusive kindergarden-3rd
grade classrooms. Students focus on meth, literacy, and guidance
strategies during the6-hour per week field placement.
The purpose of the student teaching experience and concurrent
seminar is to demonstrate the skills and abilities of an effective early
childhood teacher, for students with and without disabilities, and to
demonstrate the level of proficiency required for state licensure.
Students will complete and original evidence-based practice
research project. Student teaching is a full-time field placement in
BOTH a birth through 4 setting AND K-2nd setting
The Inclusive Early Childhood Education Seminar serves as a final, capstone experience in which students demonstrate competencies in orchestrating current best practices in inclusive early childhood education, facilitating collaborations and relationships among a wide array of partners and stakeholders, and applying professional ethics in authentic situations and settings. In the professional internship, students hone and apply professional
skills and dispositions while engaging in full-time placement across a
wide range of inclusive early childhood professional settings. Students
may complete the internship within their current employment site as
a job-coaching experience, with faculty approval.
Entrepreneurship In this capstone class, students complete a major project assignment
and Strategy
in which they design an early childhood care and education facility.
This project involves researching state licensing requirements, quality
rating systems, and national standards as well as budgeting and
funding structures. Students synthesize numerous resources to create
all of the necessary elements of a fiscally sound, high-quality facility
and program serving young children and families.
In this course students research and examine contract laws including
Business Law
human resources and labor law requirements in addition to content
and Intellectual
in intellectual property laws and regulations.
Property
Wellness,
COUN 4500 is designed for students who have majored in a “helping” Resiliency, and
professional discipline (e.g. nursing, psychology, sociology, education) and Emotional
whose interpersonal effectiveness will be key to ensuring their professional Intelligence
success with future clients, patients, consumers as well as within their human service organization. A majority of traditional, undergraduate curriculum focuses on treating, working with, helping or understanding others (e.g. clients or students). This course will help future helping 3 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Bachelor of Innovation in Inclusive Early Childhood Education professionals understand themselves, their own sense of wellness and resilience, and how a healthy self‐concept and personal ego strength can translate into effective interpersonal skills. In other words, students will learn about specific intrapersonal and interpersonal skills which will help them have a positive impact in their future career. Additionally, many young helping professionals are not aware of how working in human service fields can be intellectually and emotionally challenging. High attrition rates in these fields can be positively impacted when academic preparation programs also address strategies to enhance resilience, wellness and emotional intelligence among students. 4