WELCOME TO CE 100
Preparing for a Career in Early
Childhood Development
Unit 4
Professor Lori Becker
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A teacher affects
eternity, he can never
tell where his influence
stops.”
-Henry B. Adams
Unit 4 Overview
• This week in Unit 4, our explorations become
even more personalized to you as an individual.
• We will explore the customized part of your
degree program, where you get to choose the
classes that you are interested in taking as
electives to build the path to your personally
selected career in the field of early childhood
development.
Objectives
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
• Describe your reasons for choosing the elective course clusters
• Explore specializations in the field of early childhood
development
• Develop your Customized Early Childhood Development Degree
Plan
• Course outcomes practiced in this unit:
• CE100-4: Apply basic knowledge of the early childhood
professional role to program and professional goals
• GEL-1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the
composition of original materials in Standard American English
Reading
In this week's reading, you will read about the elective courses you can
choose to customize your degree in early childhood development. Please
read the document related to your degree program.
Let’s all take a field trip and print those out :
Go to your home page, click on unit 4, click on readings and then chose:
“associate’s degree information” or “bachelor’s degree information”
Print your word document out and save that for this week!
Course Catalog
In addition, go to the Kaplan University course catalog and read the
course descriptions for the elective courses offered. If you do not
have a course catalog, you can access one from your student
webpage by following these directions:
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Go to the Kaplan student webpage.
Scroll down to Resources under My Classes.
Click Documents.
Click University Catalog.
Scroll down to Undergraduate Course Descriptions to read descriptions of
all the classes offered at Kaplan University
Example of Elective “cluster from AA”
Cluster B
CM115 Communication- Concepts and Skills
CM214 Public Speaking for the Professional
CM250 Fundamentals of Grammar and
Editing
• HN144 Human Behavior and the Environment
• EL203 Portfolio Development
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Common Questions and Tips :
• What about my transfer credits and how does
that apply?
• Always check for prerequisites of a course
before putting it on your elective list.
• This will not be set in stone, so you do not
have to worry if you have a change.
Remember EL 203
• Earn course credit by developing a portfolio
of your experience, knowledge, and volunteer
time.
How do I find out about my transfer
credits?
• You can view “my degree plan” on right hand
side of your home screen
• Contact your advisor if you have questions
about your transfer credit status
Project
In the Unit 4 Project you will use the
information provided about the program and
classes, combined with your intended career
and academic goals.
You will have an opportunity to review and
select the elective classes for your
Customized Early Childhood Development
Degree Plan.
Project
• In this project, you will choose the elective
classes or clusters of electives that will
personalize and customize your Early Childhood
Development Degree Plan.
• You may choose one of the sample elective class
clusters or create your own; in addition, there
may be other individual electives you want to
take
Last thought on the Project
• Please remember that there are two documents
for the unit 4 project
1. An excel spread sheet – Associates or Bachelors,
and
2. The template sharing:
• Why have you chosen the elective classes included in
your degree plan?
• What skills and knowledge do you expect to learn from
these classes?
• How will these individual skills and knowledge help you
in your field?
• How will these electives further your career goals in
general?
Seminar Question #1
What are the requirements
of your degree program?
Jump in!
Seminar Question #2
How do the courses in your
degree plan and the program
outcomes support the skills
you need to perform well in
early childhood field?
Please share!
Question # 3
What questions do you have
about the customized degree
plan?
Any thoughts?
Interested in Teaching Credential?
• Visit this website to find out more about your
state requirements. For example, if you
would like to teach elementary school, it is a
good to start researching what requirements
you will need to meet after your AA.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Teaching Credential
• http://education.uky.edu/AcadServ/content/5
0-states-certification-requirements
Weekly Reminders
• Complete the readings.
• Complete the learning activities.
• Participate in discussion.
• Attend seminar.
• Complete the project. – 2 PARTS
• E-mail questions, concerns, etc.
Thank you!
Thank you for joining me! It has been a pleasure
share with you again this evening!
If you ever need anything… email me!
 Professor Lori