Overview
开始为下一代奉献自己的事业! River Valley’s Early Childhood Education Associate Degree provides students with many opportunities—new employment, career advancement, and continuing education, 包括转到学士学位课程. River Valley is the best first step into your new career as an early childhood professional.
Why RVCC?
A career in early childhood education provides the opportunity to truly touch the future. 河谷幼儿教育提供无障碍课程, 灵活的全日制或非全日制学习计划, and individualized advising.
在河谷，您将了解幼儿是如何发展和成长的, and how their optimal development can be promoted through quality care and education. 课程将理论与实践相结合, 包括观察和直接与孩子们一起工作, in meaningful ways.
你将和一组教员一起工作
- 致力于儿童早期领域，
- advocates for young children & their families, and
- 对他们的教学和与成人学习者的工作充满热情.
Career Options
Child care centers
- Nursery schools
- Head Start centers
- Laboratory schools
- Family child care homes
- After-school programs
- Montessori schools
- Parent cooperatives
- Public and private schools
Related Degrees
The Early Childhood Education Program shares in the mission of River Valley Community College to prepare individuals to enter into the workforce, to advance in their chosen career as early childhood professionals and educators, and to prepare for continued study, including academic transfer. This program is also committed to preparing students to value the importance of and to participate professionally in quality early childhood settings and their communities.
We recognize and respect that students in the Early Childhood Education Program have varied career goals, both short-term and long-range. 我们努力满足这些不同的学生需求.
We believe that the overall design of the early childhood curriculum should reflect current interdisciplinary knowledge about the preparation of early childhood professionals. We strive to provide a strong foundation for our students by utilizing the standards for early childhood professional preparation at the associate degree level as outlined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). We believe in and support the Code of Ethics as established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Program Goals
儿童早期教育计划利用国家标准
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Professional Standards
幼儿专业准备项目的能力，
NAEYC理事会通过的立场声明，2019年11月.
该课程的毕业生将了解并能够做到以下几点:
Standard 1. 情境中的儿童发展与学习
幼儿教育工作者(a)的基础是
understanding of the developmental period of early childhood from birth through
age 8 across developmental domains. 他们(b)把每个孩子都理解为一个人
具有独特发展变异的个体. Early childhood educators (c)
理解孩子在人际关系和内在中学习和发展
multiple contexts, including families, cultures, languages, communities, and
society. 他们(d)利用这种多维知识以证据为基础
关于如何履行职责的决定.
Standard 2. 家庭教师伙伴关系和社区联系
幼儿教育工作者很早就明白这一点
childhood education depends upon educators’ partnerships with the families of
the young children they serve. 他们(a)了解、理解并重视
家庭特征的多样性. 幼儿教育工作者(b)使用这个
understanding to create respectful, responsive, reciprocal relationships with
家庭，并与他们作为合作伙伴参与他们年幼的孩子
development and learning. 他们(c)利用社区资源支持年轻人
children’s learning and development and to support children’s families, and
they build connections between early learning settings, schools, and community
organizations and agencies.
Standard 3. 儿童观察、记录和评估
幼儿教育工作者(一)了解小学
purpose of assessment is to inform instruction and planning in early learning
settings. 他们(b)知道如何使用观察、记录和其他方法
适当的评估方法和工具. 幼儿教育工作者(c)使用筛选
and assessment tools in ways that are ethically grounded and developmentally,
culturally, ability, and linguistically appropriate to document developmental
进步并促进每个孩子的积极成果. Early childhood
教育工作者(d)与家庭和专业人士建立评估伙伴关系
colleagues.
Standard 4. 发展、文化和语言上适当的教学
Practices
幼儿教育工作者明白教学和
与幼儿一起学习是一项复杂的事业，其细节各不相同
depending on children’s ages and characteristics and on the settings in which
teaching and learning occur. 他们(a)理解并表现出积极态度;
caring, supportive relationships and interactions as the foundation for their
work with young children. 他们(b)理解并使用教学技巧
responsive to the learning trajectories of young children and to the needs of
each child. 幼儿教育工作者(c)使用广泛的曲目
与发展相适应，与文化和语言相关，
anti-bias, and evidence-based teaching approaches that reflect the principles
of universal design for learning.
Standard 5. Knowledge, Application, and Integration of Academic Content in the Early Childhood Curriculum
幼儿教育工作者有知识的内容
the academic disciplines (e.g.语言和读写，艺术，数学，
social studies, science, technology and engineering, physical education) and of
每个学科的教学方法. They (a) understand the
central concepts, methods and tools of inquiry, and structures in each academic
discipline. 教育者(b)了解教育学，包括幼儿如何
learn and process information in each discipline, the learning trajectories for
each discipline, and how teachers use this knowledge to inform their practice.
他们(c)使用早期学习标准和其他方法来应用这些知识
resources to make decisions about spontaneous and planned learning experiences
and about curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation to ensure that
学习对每个孩子来说都是充满刺激、挑战和意义的.
Standard 6. 作为幼儿教育工作者的专业性
幼儿教育工作者(a)认同并参与
幼儿教育专业的成员. 他们是知情的倡导者
年幼的孩子，对于他们所照顾的孩子的家庭，以及对于
early childhood profession. 他们(b)了解并使用道德准则和其他
幼儿专业指南. They (c) have professional
沟通技巧，有效地支持他们的关系和工作
年幼的孩子、家庭和同事. Early childhood educators (d) are
continuous, collaborative learners who (e) develop and sustain the habit of
reflective and intentional practice in their daily work with young children and
作为幼儿教育专业的成员.
The Early Childhood Education Level I Certificate, Level II Certificate, Infant & 幼儿证书和副学士学位都是开放注册的课程. This means we accept students once they are accepted to River Valley; no additional program-specific requirements are necessary. At RVCC, we believe all students should be able to complete a certificate or degree and be able to transfer or start their career as smoothly as possible.
Important Notes:
- All applicants should carefully review the ECE Program’s Technical Standards prior to matriculation.
- All applicants should also read the full Criminal Background Check Policy in the Admissions section of RVCC Catalog and the Student Handbook.
- Applicants seeking admission to the Early Childhood Education Program who believe they may have difficulty with a state registry and criminal records check are advised to contact the New Hampshire Bureau of Child Care Licensing (1-800-852-3345) prior to matriculation.
If you have any questions about the Early Childhood Education programs of study, the please do not hesitate to request information or reach out to the ECE Program Director Kerry Belknap Morris at [email protected] or 603-542-7744, extension 5411.
Course Sequencing
First Year: Fall Semester
First Year: Spring Semester
Second Year: Fall Semester
Second Year: Spring Semester
Kerry Belknap Morris
幼儿教育|专业研究|社会服务Professor & 幼儿教育项目主管 & Social Services
社会，教育和行为科学62-66 Credits Required