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WELCOME TO CE100

Preparing for a Career inEarly Childhood Development

Unit 2 : Professor Sarah Barrett

Professor Sarah O’Leary

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+Checking in….

+Unit 2 Seminar Schedule :

Important Course Reminders/Announcements

Unit 2 Overview

Field Trip

Discussion

Assignments for units 3 and 4

Wrap up

+ Writing Workshops

APA style

References

Much more

Check your home page – Writing Center for upcoming “Writing Workshops” for more information.

+References and Citations!

Doc sharing tab “Information on APA” and “Guidelines for Citation.”

In our assignments you can:

1. Directly Quote

2. Paraphrase

3. Summarize

+How to cite a direct quote:

Henry Seidel Canby (1924) captured the process of writing perfectly when he wrote, "Good writing is always a breaking of the soil, clearing away prejudices, pulling up of sour weeds of crooked thinking, stripping the turf so as to get at what is fertile beneath" (p.135).

AND

In your reference page or at end of discussion board post you would add text citation:

Candby,H. (1924).Good writing. Journal of Writing (10) 4. 135-145.

+Let’s Review

It has been a quick first week. I hope that you are all becoming comfortable with the KU platform.

Last week you met your classmates and your instructor. You explored the platform and all of the resources, you reviewed the syllabus, and read three Adobe Documents. You shared

in a discussion, completed an assignment and a graded review… wow… you did a lot!

Does anyone have any questions? Thoughts?

+Tips and Reminders

Discussion Board : enter the discussion on more than one day to gain optimal insights and learn from one another. Ask questions

Read “comments” when I return your grades.

Check home page announcements! Each week I will post a new unit outline.

+Keep up the hard work!

+ Unit 2: Professional Roles, with Populations and Needs Served in the Field of Child Development

As you know, the field of early childhood development consists of countless services, which include; programs for infants and toddlers, preschool programs, family childcare, childcare centers, kindergarten, and schooling for primary age children.

Each has the potential to foster healthy development and learning as well as positively impact children's lives; however, each of these require professionals to have similar characteristics as they partake in the role of working with children and their families.

+Unit 2 Assignments :

Complete the readings.

Complete the learning activities.

Participate in discussion.

Attend seminar (one assignment done!)

Complete and submit the project.

+Seminar

In seminar, we will review our readings for the week and we will discuss the jobs available in the field of early childhood development. We will discuss work environments, educational and licensing requirements, salaries and job prospects.

I hope you are willing and prepared to share…

+Field Trip Time! (watch 1 video) *Preschool Teacher of the Year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c47Fjlyesus&feature=related

*Child Life Specialist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zFld9tFOBE

*Elementary Education

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7IiaVA-FvI&feature=related

+ Lets Share : What job posting did you find most

interesting this week? What job prospect sounded appealing to you?

What type of organization would you like to work in?

What is the salary range for this position

Jump in!

+Unit 2 Discussion Board Questions There are many career opportunities in the field of early childhood

development. Many of them can be found on O*Net: http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/21-1011.00. Enjoy and explore! Then, pick one of the jobs that interests you. Each of the following is covered in the job you have selected in O*Net. In reviewing your choice, discuss each of the following and why you think you could be well matched to this profession:

Tasks, Tools, & Technology

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Work Activities and Context

Wages & Employment Trends, State and National Availability

Then, reflect back on the reading of learning styles and share how your learning style will assist you in your role of the career/job that you highlighted.

+Early Childhood Professionals Needed: Quality Child Care (Center and Non-Profit)

Before and After School Care

Preschool – owner, teacher, director

Teaching Assistant

Elementary School (kinder to age 8)

Home School teachers

Special Education Teachers, early childhood

Child Social Worker

Child life specialist

Parent trainer

+ Unit 2 Project

Review the early childhood development jobs described in the unit and then go to an online career/employment site, such as Monster.com or Jobing.com. Search for jobs in the childcare, preschool, or the K-2 setting. After you have explored the job listings for a while, choose two of the jobs that interest you. If you are unable to find any suitable jobs at the career site,

you may use your local newspaper.

+Then…

Then, for each job, complete the following using the template provided:

1. List the job title and job description.

2. List the skills needed for the job, taken both from the job description and your own analysis of the job. Be sure to list at least five skills, three of which are specific skills in the early childhood development field.

3. Explain why each of the skills listed in #2 would be needed to succeed in the position you have selected.

+Template

There is a template in the class – please use it.

The template does not have a place for you to share your name, but please remember to do so. Please also save your document as a doc, docx, or rtf and give it a name that both

you and your instructor will recognize.

Example:

SarahBarrett _CE100 _Unit 2.doc

+Unit 3

Readings

Web resources

Discussion Board

*This week you will focus on specific goals that you can create for your education and career plans.

+ Goals + Degree Plan = Success!

Reasons why in unit 3 and 4 we discuss

your personalized “degree plan.”

+Thank you for Joining me!

Remember as your instructor, I view your success as my success. If you need anything, please email me,or post your question on the Q and A Discussion Board in our

Class.

Have a super week – I’ll see you in class!