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- Prerequisite Course(s): None
- High School Credit = 1/2 credit per semester (Postsecondary credit = 0)
- This course will be offered: every year
- Pathway (Optional): Early Childhood Development & Services
- Career Cluster Area: Human Services
- Source of Occupational Skills Standards: Alaska Family and Consumer Science (AKFCS)
- Eligibility for Nationally Recognized Skill Certificate(s)/State License? Yes, Child Development Associate (CDA)
- Tech Prep: Yes, Kenai Peninsula College – 4 cr.
- Is this course brokered through another institution or agency? Yes Kenai Peninsula College
- Course Description: This course focuses on providing a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for children as they develop through various stages. The course may include field trips to various day care settings along with planning and orchestrating develop-mentally appropriate activities with children.
- Content Headings/Topics
- Effective parenting skills
- Prenatal development
- Birth/Newborn
- Development of infants
- Development of toddlers
- Development of preschoolers
- Health and safety
- Children with special needs
- Substitute care
- Childcare career
| Performance Standards (Learner Outcomes) | Specific Occupational Skills Standards | Alaska Reading, Writing, Math, Science Performance Standards | Alaska Content Standards | Alaska Employability Standards | Alaska Cultural Standards | All Aspects of Industry | Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Access sources of parenting information, support, and assistance. | AKFCS A6 | R2.9 | HL D | A1-7 | B2 D1 D5 | Technical Skills | Lab Activities |
| 2. Describe healthy care during pregnancy and environ-mental hazards to avoid. | AKFCS A2 | W3.3 W3.6 | LA D | Lab Assignment | |||
| 3. Discuss the usual activities / procedures affecting both newborn and mother during birth and the period following. | Lab Assignment | ||||||
| 4. Chart the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of infant. | AKFCS A2 | W3.6 | A3 | Management | Oral Presentation | ||
| 5. Chart the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of toddler. | AKFCS A3 | W3.6 | A3 | Management | Lab Assignment | ||
| 6. Chart the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of preschoolers. | AKFCS A3 | W3.6 | A3 | Management | Lab Assignment | ||
| 7. Describe and implement develop-mentally appropriate activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. | AKFCS A4 | W3.6 | LA D | C2 | Planning | Lab Assignment | |
| 8. Determine practices related to nutrition, safety, and sanitation that promote a healthy and safe environment for children. | AKFCS A8 | R2.5 | Math E | A1 | Health / Safety | Pre and Post Test | |
| 9. Describe ways to address the needs and enhance the development of exceptional children who require special services. | AKFCS A5 | LA D | C2 | Planning | Pre and Post Test | ||
| 10. Analyze the various types of substitute care available for children. | R2.5 | HL D | Health / Safety | Pre and Post Test | |||
| 11. Research career opportunities, education, and training needed for various childcare careers. | AKFCS E7 | R4.5 | LA D | B1 | D6 | Labor | Oral Presentation |