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Early Childhood
Development

General Information
Faculty/Staff
AA Degree in ECD
Certificate in ECD
Majoring in ECD
ECD Courses

Child Development Permit Matrix

January Newsletter

Our Focus: The Child Registration

Week of the Young Child Activities

Fingerprint Resources in the Tri-Valley/Tracy

RESOURCES @ LPC

ECD links
Title 5
Title 22
Mentor Program


Child Development Training Consortium

Foster Care/Kinship Care Education

Alameda County Every Child Counts

Chabot College, Early Childhood Department

Student Success Website

Spring, 2005 ECD Classes

General Information About Early Childhood Development

The Early Childhood Development courses and programs are designed to prepare students for employment working with young children. A broad range of employment opportunities are available by fulfilling the various certificate and degree requirements listed on this website. Completeion of the appropriate courses or programs will allow employment in state supported or private programs as Associate Teacher, Teacher, Master Teacher, or Director of a children's preschool or child care center. Family Child Care Providers can benefit from courses designed to advance their skills both as care providers and entrepreneurs of their own in-home business.

The instructional program provides students with a fundamental understanding of the principles of child growth and development, as well as experience in the application of these principles.

Completion of certificate programs dovetails with the Child Development Permit as well as the requirements of Community Care Licensing for Title 22 programs. The Child Development Permit is required for employees of State funded programs. Title 22 Programs are those that are privately owned and operated either for-profit or non-profit. Most early childhood development units are transferable to four-year institutions but a counselor should be consulted for specific transfer information.