Short Early Childhood Education Outcomes

Promoting child development and learning

Students will be able to...

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of children’s characteristics and needs.
• Create safe, healthy, respectful, challenging, and culturally supportive environments for learning.

Building family and community relationship

Students will be able to...

• Describe and reflect upon family and community characteristics within Native Communities.
• Support and empower families and communities

Teaching and learning

Students will be able to...

• Use developmentally and culturally effective approaches
• Build meaningful, culturally engaged curriculum

Integrity, advocacy, warmth, joy, and attention to children (Commonly referred to as “professionalism”)

Students will be able to…

• Identify with and involve selves in the early childhood field, engaging in continuous, collaborative learning.
• Display warmth, joy, and attention with a commitment to relationship-based care and education.