Child Development
Department of Early Childhood Studies
3214 Austin Street, Houston, TX 77004
713-718-6303 phone 713-718-6235 fax
TECA 1311 Educating Young Children
Fall 2010 CN 56680
Novella Washington, Professor
713-718-6303 office, 713-718-6235 fax
COURSE INFORMATION:
Course Description: An introduction to the education of the young child. Includes developmentally appropriate
practices and programs, theoretical and historical perspectives, ethical and professional responsibilities, and current
issues. Course content is aligned with State Board of Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional
Responsibilities standards. Requires student to participate in a minimum of 16 hours of field experience with children
from infancy through age 12 in a variety of settings with varied and diverse populations.
Prerequisites: None.
NOTICE: This course of study would not be appropriate for anyone who falls into the following category as noted by
the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. "No person with a conviction or who is under indictment for,
or is the subject of an official criminal complaint alleging violation of any of the crimes listed as a felony against the
person or felony violation of the Texas Controlled Substance Act may be present while children are in care."
Texts: Essa, E.L. (2007). Introduction to Early Childhood Education (5th ed.). Albany, NY: Delmar.
1. Discuss the contributions of key historical and contemporary theorists to the
field of early childhood education.
2. Explain the features of a developmentally appropriate program for young
children.
3. Define development and define each of the four basic developmental areas.
4. Describe the types of early childhood programs
5. Analyze future trends and issues of the early childhood profession
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HSCKS
TECECDS
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stages of an early childhood professional.
NAEYC Supportive Skills - The student will examine eight different types of early childhood programs (SS4)
and prepare a paper describing each program (SS3).
For a complete list of all standards visit HCC Central College Learning Web http://learning.cc.hccs.edu/Courses/
NAEYC – National Association for Education of Young Children Standards for Early Childhood Professional
Preparation Associate Degree Programs
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TECECDS – Texas Early Care and Education Career Development System
HSCKS – Head Start Core Knowledge and Skills for Practitioners
Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC-12
SCANS Competencies:
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION:
New Repeat Course Fee – Effective Fall 2006, HCC will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third
or subsequent time for a course. If you are considering course withdrawal because you are not earning passing
grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as possible about your study habits, reading and writing
homework, test taking skills, attendance, course participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other assistance that
might be available.
Required Component – This course includes at least one of the following required components: lab assignment, key
assessment, field experience hours, and/or First Aid/CPR certification. If the designated required component is not
completed, you will not receive a passing grade in this class. Your instructor will explain the required component
identified for this course: field experience hours and 8 program reports.
Scholastic Dishonesty -- Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling
course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by College System officials against a
student accused of scholastic dishonesty.
“Scholastic dishonesty”: includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
 Copying from another students’ test paper;
 Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test;
 Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization;
 Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of an
unadministered test;
 Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.
Plagiarism mean the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’s own
written work offered for credit.
Collusion mean the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit.
Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade of 0 or F in the particular assignment,
failure in the course, and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College System. (See the Student
Handbook)
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International Students- Receiving a W in a course may affect the status of your student Visa. Once a W is given for
the course, it will not be changed to an F because of the visa consideration. Since January 1, 2003, International
Students are restricted in the number of distance education courses that they may take during each semester. ONLY
ONE online/distance education class may be counted towards the enrollment requirement for International Students
per semester. Please contact the International Student Office at 713-718-8520 if you have any questions about your
visa status and other transfer issues.
HCC Course Withdrawal Policy - The State of Texas has begun to impose penalties on students who drop courses
excessively. For example, if you repeat the same course more than twice, you have to pay extra tuition. Beginning
in Fall 2007, the Texas Legislature passed a law limiting first time entering freshmen to no more than SIX total course
withdrawals throughout their educational career in obtaining a certificate and/or degree.
To help students avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, HCC has instituted an Early Alert process by which
your professor may “alert” you and distance education (DE) counselors that you might fail a class because of
excessive absences and/or poor academic performance. It is your responsibility to visit with your DE professor or a
DE counselor to learn about what, if any, HCC interventions might be available to assist you – online tutoring, child
care, financial aid, job placement, etc. – to stay in class and improve your academic performance.
If you plan on withdrawing from your DE class, you MUST contact a DE counselor or your DE professor prior to
withdrawing (dropping) the class for approval and this must be done PRIOR to the withdrawal deadline to receive a
“W” on your transcript. ** The final withdrawal deadline for regular term and second start classes is November
18, 2010 at 4:30pm. Classes of other duration (mini-term, flex-entry, 8-weeks, etc.) may have different final
withdrawal deadlines. Please visit the online registration calendars or contact the HCC Registrar’s Office to
determine class withdrawal deadlines. Remember to allow a 24-hour response time when communicating via
email and/or telephone with a DE professor and/or counselor. Do not submit a request to discuss
withdrawal options less than a day before the deadline. If you do not withdraw before the deadline, you will
receive the grade that you are making in the class as your final grade.
DE counselors may be reached by calling 713.718.5275, option #4 or decounseling@hccs.edu
Virtual Classroom Conduct - As with on-campus classes, all students in HCC Distance Education courses are
required to follow all HCC Policies & Procedures, the Student Code of Conduct, the Student Handbook, and relevant
sections of the Texas Education Code when interacting and communicating in a virtual classroom with faculty and
fellow students. Students who violate these policies and guidelines will be subject to disciplinary action that could
include denial of access to course-related email, discussion groups, and chat rooms or being removed from the
class.
Notice for Students Who Live Outside of Houston - Students who live outside the Houston area and cannot take
paper exams at one of our HCC testing locations MUST make arrangements for a proctor. Please see the Distance
Education (DE) Student Services webpage for information at the following URL:
http://distance.hccs.edu/de-counseling/student_out_houston.htm
Final grades – Grades are available online within one week of the end of the course on the website www.hccs.edu
STUDENT SERVICES:
Your Blackboard login user ID will be your HCC User ID (sometimes referred to as the “W” number). All HCC
students have a unique User ID. If you do not know your User ID you can look it up by visiting the HCC home page:
o From www.hccs.edu, click on “Login Help” under the “Student System Sign In” field
o Then click on “Retrieve User ID” and follow the instructions.
Or use the direct link: https://hccsaweb.hccs.edu:8080/servlets/iclientservlet/sauat/?cmd=start
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The default student password is “distance.” Students will then be prompted to change their password after their first
login. Please visit DE Technical Support FAQs if you need additional assistance with your log in.
Technical Assistance - Representatives will be available to provide support for the Blackboard Vista learning
management system and software supported by that system via:
 A 24/7 toll-free phone service (1-866-588-5281)
 A comprehensive online Blackboard Vista knowledge base
 Submitting an online ticket
 Real-time chat
Please visit the new HCC Support Center website at:
http://d2.parature.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8081
Services to Students with Disabilities - "Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning,
psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the appropriate
HCC Disability Support Service (DSS) Counselor at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to provide
only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
Students who are requesting special testing accommodations must first contact the appropriate (most convenient)
DSS office for assistance:
Disability Support Services Offices:
System: 713.718.5165
Central: 713.718.6164 – also for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services and Students Outside of the HCC District
service areas.
Northwest: 713.718.5422
Northeast: 713.718.8420
Southeast: 713.718.7218
Southwest: 713.718.7909
After student accommodation letters have been approved by the DSS office and submitted to DE Counseling for
processing, students will receive an email confirmation informing them of the Instructional Support Specialist
assigned to their professor.
Distance Education Advising and Counseling Services -Advising can be accomplished by telephone at 713/7185275 - option # 4, via email at de.counseling@hccs.edu, by visiting the Distance Education Office at the HCC
Administration Building, 3100 Main Street, 3rd floor and/or by on-site advising at other HCC locations upon request.
Confidential sessions with the distance education counselors will help students understand admissions, registration,
entrance testing requirements, degree planning, transfer issues, and career counseling. Houston Community College
counselors also maintain a local referral base in order to provide appropriate referrals to students with personal or
family issues that may require long-term solutions.
Early Alert Notification -The Distance Education (DE) Department utilizes an Early Alert system managed by the
DE counselors to provide outreach and intervention to students who may be at risk of withdrawal or failure. Referrals
to this system are typically made by a DE faculty member. If a DE professor is concerned about a student's
performance in class, that student may be referred to Early Alert for counseling intervention.
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Description of Assignments – Fall 2010
Quiz 14 @ 10 pts = 140 pts
Read the chapter. Each quiz consists of combination of 10 multiple choice questions. Quiz questions come from the
material in the textbook. You have 20 minutes to answer the questions. You have 2 attempts to take the quiz, but you
must wait 24 hours between the first and second attempt. The highest score will be recorded. Each week the quiz is
open Monday at 8:00 am and closes at 11:30 on Sunday.
Projects 14 @ 20 pts = 280 pts
The projects are designed to apply information from the textbook. Some projects require observations, interviews, or
exploration of the internet. Plan ahead, do not wait until the day the assignment is due to begin the projects. Projects
are not accepted after the due date and can not be made up. Read information about the projects in each module.
Projects should be typed, double spaced with a minimum of 300 words. Save projects as a word document (.doc),
rich text format (.rtf) or text (.txt) format. I cannot open any other formats. Save the file in the following manner:
1311_lastname_p1 (course number, underscore, your last name, underscore, project number) This is how I would
save project one 1311_Washington_p1
Program Report and Field Experience 8 @ 20 pts = 160
Chapter 1 of your textbook provides an overview of a variety of early childhood programs. Types of Early Childhood
Program are also located on the Homepage. For this assignment you will report on eight (8) examples of these
programs that provide services, care, or schooling to young children. Check Types of Early Childhood Programs for
additional program types. You will visit these eight different programs, observing for two hours at each site, to obtain
the information you need to write your eight reports. It is not acceptable to visit ABC Early Learning Program and
complete a report on their preschool program and another program report on their after school program. This is 2
types but they are from the same program. The purpose of this assignment is to gather information about a variety of
programs. Each program report should be written in your own words using complete sentences. Reports deemed not
of college-student quality will have points deducted. This assignment is required for completion of this course.
Before you start your field experience assignment, make eight (8) copies of the “Field Experience Learning
Agreement Form.” (You will need one form for each program that you visit.) Call each program you plan to visit and
make an appointment. Identify yourself as a HCC student and ask permission to observe in order to complete your
program reports. Some programs are requiring background checks which require some time to complete and receive
results. Some of the information that you’ll need for your reports will be obtained by talking to a program
administrator, and the rest of the information will be obtained by observing the program in action. You will be
expected to visit each program for at least two (2) hours. Complete the form documenting your hours, and have
someone from the program sign the form as documentation of your visit. This form must be submitted with each
program report. Either scan this form and send as an attachment with your assignment or fax a copy of this form to
713-718-6235.
Each program report should be written in your own words using complete sentences. Reports deemed not of collegestudent quality will have points deducted. Program report should be typed, double spaced with a minimum of 300
words. Save reports as a word document (.doc), rich text format (.rtf) or text (.txt) format. I cannot open any other
formats. Save the file in the following manner: 1311_lastname_pr1 (course number, underscore, your last name,
underscore, program report number) This is how I would save program report one 1311_Washington_pr1
Discussions 9 @ 10 pts = 90 pts
Throughout the semester an ethics topic or case study will be posted in the discussion tool. You will respond to the
original discussion and one of the other responses from your classmates. Responses should contain substance and
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thought. Responses such as “I agree” or “You go girl” are not considered responses with substance. Responses are
more than one sentence.
Test 2 @ 100 = 200 pts
There will be 2 tests consisting of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer. Refer to the Distance Education
website for information about testing dates, times, and places. A review sheet will be posted on the discussion tool
about a week before the test.
Grades
870-783 = A
782-696 = B
695-609 = C
608-522 = D
521 and below = F
Print out the calendar and place in a prominent place!!
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DISTANCE EDUCATION FALL 2010 SYLLABUS INCLUSIONS
BLACKBOARD STUDENT USER ID
Your Blackboard login user ID will be your HCC User ID (sometimes referred to as the
“W” number). All HCC students have a unique User ID. If you do not know your User
ID you can look it up by visiting the HCC home page:
o From www.hccs.edu, under the column “CONNECT”, click on the “Student
System Sign In” link
o Then click on “Retrieve User ID” and follow the instructions.
Or use the direct link to access the Student Sign In page:
https://hccsaweb.hccs.edu:8080/psp/csprd/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG
The default student password is “distance.” Students will then be prompted to change
their password after their first login. Please visit the Distance Education Technical
Support website if you need additional assistance with your login.
DISTANCE EDUCATION (DE) ADVISING AND COUNSELING SERVICES
Much DE student information can be found on the DE Student Services website:
de.hccs.edu. Advising or counseling can be accomplished through our online request
form AskDECounseling. Counselors and Student Services Associates (SSA) can assist
students with admissions, registration, entrance testing requirements, degree planning,
transfer issues, and career counseling. In-person, confidential sessions can also be
scheduled to provide brief counseling and community referrals to address personal
concerns affecting academic success.
ASKDECOUNSELING FORM
AskDECounseling is a student services online help form. This is the best and quickest
way for students to get accurate assistance with DE registration, enrollment, advising,
and counseling. The online help form is simple to fill out, convenient, and readily
accessible through the internet. Students do not have to travel to campus sites, leave
work, or wait in an office or lobby to receive assistance. Upon submission, student
requests are answered in the order they are received.
EARLY ALERT
HCC has instituted an Early Alert process by which your professor may “alert” you and
DE counselors that you might fail a class because of excessive absences and/or poor
academic performance. A counselor will then reach out to you to discuss your progress
and offer any relevant resources. This initiative is designed to provide students with
support services and resources to assist them in successfully completing their course.
HCC COURSE WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Beginning Fall 2007, the State of Texas imposes penalties on students who
withdraw/drop courses excessively. Students are limited to no more than SIX total
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course withdrawals throughout their educational career at a Texas public college or
university. Students are encouraged to review the HCC 6 Drop Policy.
To help you avoid having to withdraw from any class, contact your DE professor
regarding your academic performance. You may also want to contact your DE
counselor to learn about helpful HCC resources (e.g. online tutoring, child care, financial
aid, job placement, etc.).
HOW TO DROP
 If a student decides to withdraw from a class upon careful review of other
options, the student can withdraw online prior to the deadline through their
HCC Student Center.
 HCC and/or professors may withdraw students for excessive absences
without notification (see Class Attendance below).
 Students should check HCC’s Academic Calendar by Term for withdrawal
dates and deadlines. Classes of other duration (flex-entry, 8-weeks, etc.) may
have different final withdrawal deadlines. Please contact the HCC Registrar’s
Office at 713.718.8500 to determine mini-term class withdrawal deadlines.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
As stated in the HCC Catalog, all students are expected to attend classes regularly.
Students in DE courses must log into their Blackboard class or they will be counted as
absent. Just like an on-campus class, your regular participation is required.
Although it is the responsibility of the student to withdraw officially from a course, the
professor also has the authority to block a student from accessing Blackboard, and/or to
withdraw a student for excessive absences or failure to participate regularly. DE
students who do not log into their Blackboard class before the Official Day of Record will
be automatically dropped for non-attendance. Completing the DE online orientation
does not count as attendance.
DISABILITY SERVICES
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision,
hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
Disability Support Services Office at the beginning of each semester. Professors are
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support
Services Office.
DE students who are requesting special testing accommodations may choose the most
convenient DSS office for assistance each semester:
District ADA Coordinator – Donna Price – 713.718.5165
Central ADA Counselors – Jaime Torres & Martha Scribner – 713.718.6164
Northeast ADA Counselor- Kim Ingram – 713.718.8420
Northwest ADA Counselor – Mahnaz Kolaini – 713.718.5422
Southeast ADA Counselor – Jette Lott - 713.718.7218
Southwest ADA Counselor – Dr. Becky Hauri – 713.718.7910
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Coleman ADA Counselor – Dr. Raj Gupta – 713.718.7631
After student accommodation letters have been approved by the DSS office and
submitted to DE Counseling for processing, students will receive an email confirmation
informing them of the Instructional Support Specialist (ISS) assigned to their professor.
LIBRARY RESOURCES
As a DE student you have the same access to first-rate information resources that the
HCC Libraries make available to all HCC students. A special website pulls together all
the tools DE students will need to complete research. Visit Library Resources
specifically for Distance Education students.
Library services are available throughout HCC. Through a daily library delivery service
and a listing of all materials belonging to HCC libraries, books may be requested from
and delivered to any campus library. HCC also has cooperative borrowing agreements
with the University of Houston libraries and provides a copy of the Houston Public
library catalog at each library. These arrangements provide students with access to over
4 million volumes.
Special services provided by the library system include photocopying facilities;
specialized equipment for disabled students; group and personalized instruction in
library use, including a self-instructional media program to orient students to the use of
the HCCS libraries; a “term paper” workshop; and online bibliographic search services.
ONLINE TUTORING
HCC provides free online tutoring in writing, math, science, and other subjects. Look for
Ask Online on your Blackboard log-in page. This directs students to the HCC AskOnline
Tutoring site: http://hccs.askonline.net/. Use your student ID or HCC e-mail address to
create an account. Instructions, including a 5-minute video, are provided to make you
familiar with the capabilities of this service.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
DE students are encouraged to become a fan of DE on Facebook and follow DE on
Twitter. These social networking sites can provide a sense of community for the online
learner, as well as up-to-date information and announcements related to HCC and DE.
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM CONDUCT
As with on-campus classes, all students in HCC Distance Education courses are
required to follow all HCC Policies & Procedures, the Student Code of Conduct, the
Student Handbook, and relevant sections of the Texas Education Code when
interacting and communicating in a virtual classroom with your professor and fellow
students. Students who violate these policies and guidelines will be subject to
disciplinary action that could include denial of access to course-related email,
discussion groups, and chat rooms or even removal from the class.