CCOG for ECE 282 Fall 2025
- Course Number:
- ECE 282
- Course Title:
- Leadership in Early Care and Education
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Provides an overview of the “people side” of leading early childhood learning programs. Promotes relationship building with staff and families including communication, relationship-based supervision, team building, staff performance evaluations, and multicultural curriculum. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Identify and practice key components of strong relationship-based supervision.
- Describe quality ECE programming including multicultural practices, staff, and program evaluation.
- Demonstrate professionalism and practice difficult decision-making regarding staff and families based on the NAEYC code of ethics.
Course Activities and Design
Practice Ethical Dilemmas in ECE
Communication/Conflict Resolution
Parallel process for relationship-based supervision
Family partnerships