Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Child Development/Early Childhood, CERT

Location(s): TJC West


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Skilled professionals in early childhood and child development fields are in high demand!

Our certificate program prepares you to be a lead teacher and/or a director of quality early care and education programs. Once complete, you can enjoy the rewarding profession of working in a variety of early childhood professions.

Start your future with us and we will show you how to provide a safe and nurturing environment that promotes physical, emotional, social and cognitive development of young children.

Marketable skills for this award include: building effective relationships, computer skills + typing, customer service, mathematics, strong work ethic, team work, time management, verbal communication skills, Word + Office and written communication skills.

 

Certificate of Proficiency
TSI Reading & Writing Complete

First Semester


Second Semester


Summer


Third Semester


Total Semester Hours: 42


Courses titled in bold type represent general education requirements.
CDEC 2384  is the Capstone for this certificate.

NOTE: Some courses are only offered during Fall semester or Spring semester but not both. Please plan accordingly.
# Indicates course only taught in the fall semester
+ Indicates course only taught in the spring semester

All CDEC courses have a required textbook.

CDEC 1303 , CDEC 1311  and CDEC 1318  content are aligned with State Board for Educator Certification Pedagogy and Professional Responsibility standards which requires students 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. Students living in the TJC Service area must complete the required field experiences at TJC’s Laboratory School, the Family Learning Center of Tyler. Those living outside of the TJC Service area will complete the required field experiences at an approved center in their service area. Students are responsible for transportation.

*Note: Students enrolling in the child development/early childhood program will be subject to a criminal background check.

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