Early Childhood Curriculum Assessment for Inclusive Environments

Catalog description

This course focuses on developmentally appropriate learning environments characterized by curriculum and assessment, foundations of speech and language development, including screening and support of students with speech/language, articulation, and communication disorders' for early childhood programs, serving children in preschool through age eight. Early childhood curriculum and assessment in this course, will be based on the development of learning environments that respect diversity, are challenging, reverent, and create opportunities for active participation of all children. The characteristics of developmentally appropriate curricula are explored through research-based pedagogical strategies for teaching all children, including linguistically diverse students and those with diverse learning needs. This course addresses utilization of data from formal and informal assessments and language theories to guide instruction. Multidimensional, ongoing, and performance-based assessment strategies are addressed. This course incorporates developmentally appropriate instructional technology into the classroom.