Advanced Curriculum Design and Development in Early Childhood Education

Catalog description

In this course, candidates will focus on curriculum planning, curriculum mapping, and lesson planning utilizing various documents and materials to support student engagement and assessment for Preschool through third grade learners. These learners include both general education and students identified as special education learners. Resources to be used for curriculum planning and lesson design focus include: California K-3 Student Content Standards and Frameworks, Preschool Learning Foundations, California Preschool Curriculum Framework, National Association for the Education of Young Children, and Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). Candidates will focus on engagement strategies, meeting the needs of all learners, designing multiple approaches to curriculum, incorporating effective play-based models, and adjusting lessons based on student understanding for both individual lessons and long-term curriculum based projects.