CIP 24.0101
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Career Opportunities
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program prepares you for a career in teaching children (birth to age 5). The program can also prepare you to become an early childhood teacher or director in the field of early childhood education.
Program Description
This program prepares you to become a productive, caring and responsible teacher. Classes emphasize child development skills in the areas of language, social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. Classes also focus on cultural diversity among children. You will become familiar with theories concerning child development and ECE, and you will participate in many group discussions and hands-on activities that you can apply in the preschool classroom. You will learn from qualified faculty members who believe in the success of each ECE student.
Before beginning to take classes, you must meet with PCC’s Teacher Education faculty advisor to plan a course of study and to examine the list of approved credits for each four-year institution in Colorado.
Program Requirements
Entrance Requirements:
You should demonstrate an interest in the care and well-being of young children. You must also be free from evidence of illness – mental and physical – and free from personal conduct which may be injurious to children as stated in the Colorado Rules and Regulations for Child Care Centers, section 7.702.51.
