Education, Child Development and Family Services

Course Code: 193300
Grade Level:  9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Length of Course: One trimester
CTE Pathway: Education/Introduction
College Entrance: Meets one semester of UC/CSU College-Preparatory Elective (G) / History / Social Science requirement

This course is a comprehensive study of developmental stages of children from conception through preschool, including the major theories of development and their application.

Course Code: 287110, 287210
Grade Level:  10,11, 12
Prerequisite: Must be 15+ , meet immunization requirements, completed intro to child dev with a 75% or higher
Length of Course: Two trimesters, two periods daily
CTE Pathway: 7510 - Education / Concentrator
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU College-Preparatory Elective (G) / Interdisciplinary requirement

This course is designed to give high school students the opportunity to learn entry-level job skills in the field of childcare, while working at the on-campus lab, Tiny Tiger Preschool or community field sites. The students learn career opportunities and general job skills related to working with children. Students spend three weeks in a classroom-training program and the remainder of the trimester/trimester/semester is spent working with young children. Weekly classroom seminars are held for preparation, evaluation and curriculum enrichment. The course is a one-year class with a maximum of 20 units of credit with a certificate of competence awarded at the completion of the course.

In this course, students will have the chance to show your leadership skills as you teach and guide in the Tiny Tiger Preschool, connecting more with the preschool students as you model and demonstrate the teaching strategies you’ve learned along the way. You will focus on more administrative and managerial tasks that go into running a childcare program, such as policy adoption and communication with caregivers. This is a DOUBLE PERIOD course that cannot be taken as a single section and it gives you a great bonding experience with the preschoolers, since this is the CAPSTONE for this pathway.