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Contact Information
Instructor: Jo-Ann Foley
Office Hours:
Prefer to meet: T/Th at NOON in the ECE Library
2nd Floor of the Child Development Center, Room 210.
E-Mail: FoleyJ@scc.losrios.edu
Website: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/joannfoley/ece419/
D2L Access: https://d2l.losrios.edu/
Physical Office:
Rodda North #233
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Textbook Information
Required Textbook:
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Caring for Our Children
National Health and Safety Performance Standards
Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition
Students may download a pdf of the required text for FREE
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Print copies are also available from two organizations for around $55:
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American Public Health
Association
Publications & Advertising
Phone: 888-320-2742
Fax: 888-361-2742
https://www.apha.org/
American Academy of
Pediatrics
Publications
Phone: 888-227-1770
Fax: 847-228-1281
http://www.aap.org
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Course Requirements
This course is offered entirely online. Students must have
basic computer familiarity such as uploading documents,
saving documents (as RTF, DOC, DOCX and PDF files),
searching the Internet, and basic problem solving ability.
Coursework can be submitted from any computer with
Internet access. Computer labs on the SCC Campus can be
found on the following website:
http://www.scc.losrios.edu/campusservices/computerlabs/
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Your Weekly Online Routine:
1.
Check your email and connect to the D2L site regularly,
(At Least 3 times per week).
2.
Read the NEWS on our Course Home Page and then click on CONTENT to
access each Weekly Assignments folder.
3.
For each WEEK, you should do the following, and in this order:
a)
Complete the assigned Readings.
b)
View Media.
c)
Explore Weekly Resource section.
d)
Complete Weekly Assignments and Activities.
e)
Upload assignments into it’s proper folder using the D2L Dropbox.
f)
Participate in all weekly Discussion Board topics. (The discussion
boards are divided by week. Scroll down to find the weekly topics.)
g)
Take any assigned Quizzes.
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Assignments and Activities:
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The DUE DATE for weekly assignments is by Tuesday evening
at 11:55pm.
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To receive full credit, assignments must be submitted by the DUE DATE.
Illness and other life challenges are not excuses for forgetting and/or not
being aware of due dates and assignments.
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Ignorance of an assignment does not excuse the student from the responsibility of turning
that assignment in “on time.” If you are unsure of an assignment ask classmates or the
instructor.
The END DATE is when the assignment folder closes, and ACCESS ENDS.
Once assignments have been graded, no late papers will be accepted.
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Assignments and Activities: (continued)
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Spell-check, and proof-read your assignments
before submitting them.
Cite any sources used to complete assignments.
Save class documents (your assignments) as RTF, DOC, or
DOCX files.
Your papers and assignments have specific folders to use for
upload, or submission to the D2L DROPBOX.
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Assignments and Activities: (continued)
Term Assignment
All assignments must be your own work.
When writing a research paper you may need to refer to the work of other
people—to describe their research or ideas, or to “quote” them. Whenever
you refer to, paraphrase, or quote the ideas or research of other people you
need to indicate that source in your paper. Thoroughly documenting your
sources has a number of advantages. Most importantly, you help your
reader check the accuracy of your description of the source, and the
credibility of the source itself.
Disregarding the documentation of your sources will result in an F on the
assignment. No exceptions.
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Discussion Boards:
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The discussion boards are divided by week.
Scroll down the Discussion Board page to find the Weekly Forums and
Topics.
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You will be required to post a response to each Topic and reply to at least
one other student’s post per topic.
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For any given discussion board topic you can receive:
3 points for your original POST
 2 points for REPLYING to another student
= TOTAL of 5 POINTS for EACH discussion board topic.
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Disappearing from the Discussion Boards is like a student not attending
class, and as such, your disappearance from the boards will result in being
dropped from the class.
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Exams:
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There will be exams or quizzes sprinkled through the 8-weeks :
• Each quiz will be focused on the Weekly Content and Activity or
Assignment.
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Even though the quizzes are open book, online, and taken at your
convenience, you should always study for them as you would any other
exam.
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Grading:
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Student grades will be based on accumulated points from all
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participation (discussion boards),
assignments and activities,
reaction essays,
semester project,
quizzes and exams given throughout the semester.
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The points will be totaled at the end of the semester.
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Final Semester grades will also reflect timely completion of all assignments,
consistent class participation (discussion board), & cooperation throughout
the semester.
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Incompletes:
An “Incomplete” grade will not be given simply because you
have gotten behind in your course work:
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College policy requires that a student must have a passing grade up to 4
weeks before the end of the semester, on all required course work up to
that time.
An incomplete is only to be given in dire circumstances such as personal
illness, or a death in the immediate family.
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Communication:
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If you have questions or problems, make sure to speak up and let me know
about it at the earliest opportunity. Just as you would raise your hand in
class to ask for a question or clarification, you can send an email to me to
get help (or you ask a question in the Student Cyber Cafe of the discussion
board).
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The longer you wait, the less chance that you will get the help you need in
time to solve your problem.
So, please speak up!
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Communication (continued)
Special Accommodations:
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If a student requires special accommodations, s/he must:
• inform the instructor, and
• submit the necessary paperwork during the first two weeks of the
semester.
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Communication (continued)
Email- Student To Instructor
When emailing your instructor always do the following:
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In the SUBJECT of your email write your class (example HYC-Online).
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Sign your message using your FIRST and LAST name, however you are
registered with the college.
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Include previous thread of the email if it is an ongoing communication.
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Do NOT type your message in all capital letters.
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Communication (continued)
Email- Instructor To Student:
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I will respond to all emails as soon as possible. Please understand, I
may not be available 24/7.
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If multiple students have a similar concern, the response may be posted
to the D2L NEWS on the COURSE HOME page as a FAQ (frequently
asked question).
• SCROLL through the NEWS items regularly.
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I may also send announcements using the D2L email system.
• So, please keep your email address UPDATED in D2L.
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Communication: (continued)
Phone Messages
When leaving a voice message:
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Minimize background noise, it can drown-out your voice. (Example: Wind,
music or others talking…)
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Speak SLOWLY and CLEARLY so I can understand what you are saying.
Be prepared to leave a message BEFORE you call, so you know what you
are going to say.
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Leave your phone number EACH TIME you call.
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Please repeat your name and phone number a second time so I can
confirm that I wrote it down correctly. (Spelling your name is helpful…)
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Follow-up on messages. If you haven’t heard from me after several daysto a week, please try again. Messages sometimes get accidentally
dropped or lost.
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Communication (continued)
Student-To-Student Communication:
Your fellow students are valuable resources for your learning.
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The Discussion Board offers a tool to ask questions and communicate
with each other.
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The Discussion Board Forum called “Student Cyber Café” is an area
created for students to "virtually" hang out and get to know one another
(in a politically correct manner, of course)...
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Post course relevant questions that you may have -- this may include
questions about due dates, activities, how to access a link, etc.
Answer each others' questions and help each other out. Please
check this board each time you log on and see if you can be of
assistance to a classmate.
As always, keep the tone positive.
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View the D2L Orientation PowerPoint slides.
Complete the D2L Sample Class & Final.
Submit your Certificate of Completion to our
Class Dropbox.
Take our Class’ Orientation Quiz.
After doing so, the Weekly Content will open .
Thanks for viewing the Class Orientation PowerPoint.
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