Program Map

Early Childhood Development (Associate Teacher) - Certificate of Achievement

Program Map

Early Childhood Development (Associate Teacher) - Certificate of Achievement

Certificate of Achievement
Fall 2024
  • Social Sciences, Humanities & Education

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
This Certificate of Achievement includes the core courses focusing on the principles of child development and hands-on application that teachers of young children need. Students who earn this certificate will fulfill Community Care Licensing requirements to be a preschool teacher of young children. They will also meet the coursework requirements for the Associate Teacher California Child Development Permit.

Certificate completers will meet requirements to be an Assistant or Associate teacher in a wide-variety of public, private and faith-based child care settings. Those who choose ECD 67 Infant and Toddler Development and Caregiving or ECD 87 - Infant and Toddler Environments, Care and Education as their optional course will also be qualified to work in a setting that cares for infants and toddlers. Many students earn this certificate, begin working in a setting and continue to work towards the AA in ECD or the AS-T in Early Childhood Education. Students who earn this certificate can also continue to take courses to earn the Infant/Toddler Specialist Certificate of Achievement or the Administration Certificate to expand their employment options.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
6 units
ECD 50
Early Childhood Principles and Practices (Active)
3.0
ECD 56
Child Growth and Development (Active)
3.0
Semester 2
 
10 units
ECD 62
Child, Family and Community (Active)
3.0
ECD 63
Early Childhood Curriculum (Active)
4.0
List A Course
 
3.0
Select one course from List A below.
List A
 

Select one course from List A below:

3 units
ECD 41
Strategies for Working with Challenging Behaviors (Active)
3.0
ECD 54
Child Health, Safety and Nutrition (Active)
3.0
ECD 67
Infant and Toddler Development and Caregiving (Active)
3.0
ECD 69
Child Study: Observation and Assessment (Active)
3.0
ECD 79
Teaching in a Diverse Society (Active)
3.0
ECD 87
Infant and Toddler Environments, Care and Education (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 16.0