Early Childhood Education (AAS)(Plan Code: ECEECAPT)
Associate in Applied Science
Program Details
Are you delighted to interact with children? Do you get interested in the ways they learn and grow? Do get excited to teach children how to do things and observe their progress? If so our Associate in Applied Science Early Childhood Education may be the perfect program for you. One of the major goals within the field of Early Child Education is to foster the social, intellectual, and emotional development of young children. People who work as Early Education Educators work together with children and their families to teach young children skills and abilities that will set them up for long-term education success. The dedicated faculty members in our program will assist you in learning how to be effective in delivering life-changing early child education in a variety of settings. Are you still determining if this career path is right for you? Explore all the degree and certificate programs in the Public Service, Society, and Education Area of Study online. There are free resources available to you in Career Services which will help you establish a career, financial, and academic path to success. Additionally, you'll have access to free tutoring available to make sure you have the support you need to be successful throughout your program.
Early Childhood Education (AAS)(Plan Code: ECEECAPT) Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Becoming a Professional: Students will apply professional standards and frameworks in early learning classrooms.
- Building Family and Community Relationships: Students will recognize, support and partner with families and communities in learning environments and with meaningful activities.
- Observing, Documenting and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families: Students will apply the process of observation to diverse, and appropriate assessments of children.
- Power, Privilege and Inequity: Students will analyze and evaluate their awareness of equity pedagogy and create strategies for implementing cultural competence in their work with children and their families.
- Promoting Child Development and Learning: Students will apply developmental knowledge to create learning environments and meaningful activities.
- Teaching and Learning: Students will apply developmentally appropriate practices when implementing meaningful curriculum in the classroom.