Bachelor of Arts Major in Early Childhood Development with a California Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

Lead Faculty: Dr. John Carta-Falsa

The Bachelor of Arts majoring in Early Childhood Development with a California Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential provides a broad, rigorous education that prepares candidates for a career as a teacher at early elementary grades. Candidates are introduced to essential knowledge, strategies, techniques and connections across the disciplines as applied to young children. Focus is on an enriched and thought-provoking curriculum that incorporates content across subject areas, specific educational methodology courses and preparation for professional work as multiple subject teachers in elementary grades. All candidates must demonstrate subject-matter competency through a state-approved examination.

Please see additional Credential admissions requirements under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential Programs section of the website.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Identify essential concepts, tools, relevant content areas, and resources for developmentally age appropriate practice in early childhood education.
• Develop oral, written, and technological skills supporting children's growth and development through respectful, reciprocal engagements with individual learners, families, and the larger community.
• Develop active learning environments that are healthy, respectful, supportive, and nurturing for all young children.
• Use systematic observations, documentation, and other effective assessment strategies in a responsible manner in partnership with families and other professionals to positively influence children’s development and learning. Implement a developmentally age appropriate standards-based curriculum that promotes development and learning outcomes for young children with special needs and implications of cultural and linguistic diversity.
• Demonstrate ethical, legal, and professional standards in developmentally age appropriate practice in early childhood education.
• Apply educational technology to meet the needs of all learners.
• Design, implement and evaluate standards-based lesson plans for learning and achievement in content areas.
• Explain how to support growth in cognitive, social, physical, and emotional domains.
• Create positive learning environments that ensure healthy human growth.
• Utilize systematic observations, documentation, and other assessment strategies to facilitate and account for learning and to support positive growth.
• Demonstrate professional standards and ethics.
• Utilize different teaching strategies to accomplish the teaching and learning goals.

Requirements

To receive a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Development with a California Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, candidates must complete at least 180 quarter units as articulated below, 45 of which must be completed in residence at National University, 76.5 of which must be completed at the upper-division level, and the University General Education requirements. In the absence of transfer credit, additional general electives may be necessary to satisfy total units for the degree. The following courses are specific degree requirements. Candidates should refer to the section on undergraduate admission procedures for specific information on admission and evaluation.

Preparation for the Major
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)

ECE 201 The Growing Child: Zero to 8
ECE 210 Child, Family, School and Comm
HED 220 Health, Nutrition and Safety
  Prerequisite: PSY 100, and ECE 201
ECE 211 Diversity: Development & Ed.

Requirements for the Major
(21 courses; 94.5 quarter units)
All Teacher Education courses (TED) and Early Childhood courses (ECE)
have field experience components.

ORIENTATION COURSE
TED 305 Teaching as a Profession

FOUNDATION COURSES
ECE 330 Early Cognition
  Prerequisite: ECE 201, ECE 210, HED 220, and ECE 211
ECE 464 Ethical and Legal Issues
  Prerequisite: HED 220

CLUSTER 1 (READING)
ECE 410 Early Language and Literacy
  Prerequisite: ECE 330
ECE 446 Literature and Young Children
TED 330A Reading and Lang. Arts Methods
  Prerequisite: TED 305, or TED 320

CLUSTER 2 (CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION)
ECE 415 Designing Emergent Curriculum
  Prerequisite: ECE 330
ECE 430 Play as Pedagogy
  Prerequisite: ECE 330
ECE 435 Music, Movement, Drama, Dance

CLUSTER 3 (MATH AND SCIENCE)
ECE 420 Nature, Numbers and Technology
  Prerequisite: ECE 330
TED 350 Math and Science Methods
  Prerequisite: TED 305, or TED 320

CLUSTER 4 (SPECIAL NEEDS, ASSESSMENT, CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT)
ECE 440 Observing, Assessing & Plannin
  Prerequisite: ECE 330, and ECE 415
ECE 443 Children with Special Needs
  Prerequisite: ECE 330
ECE 445 Strategies: Guiding Behaviors
  Prerequisite: ECE 330, and ECE 415, and ECE 430
ECE 465 Crisis Trauma and Abuse
TED 430 Special Needs Students
  Prerequisite: TED 305, or TED 320

CLUSTER 5 (HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE)
HIS 410 California History
  Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101
TED 355 Hist/Social Science Methods
  Prerequisite: TED 305, or TED 320

Student Teaching Requirements
(3 courses; 13.5 quarter units)

The below courses are field experience courses receiving a satisfactory or unsatisfactory grade and are not factored into the cumulative GPA. Please see student teaching requirements under Clinical Practice in the Teacher Education area of the School of Education Credentials Programs section of the catalog or addendum.

TED 530A Student Teaching I
  Co-requisite: TED 531
TED 530B Student Teaching II
  Prerequisite: TED 530A, Co-requisite: TED 531
TED 531 Student Teaching Seminar
  Co-requisite: TED 530A  and TED 530B

Please see additional completion requirements for the Credential under the Teacher Education area in the School of Education's Credential programs section of this catalog/addendum.

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Program Locations

• Pleasant Hill, Affiliate Location
• San Jose Campus
• Sherman Oaks Campus