COURSE:

Early Childhood Education I

COMPETENCY:

2.00

B2

OBJECTIVE:

2.01

B2

UNIT A

Personal and Professional

Preparation

Understand factors related to the professional

growth of early childhood professionals.
0%
Understand skills needed by early childhood
Supp professionals.
4%

Essential Question: What skills are required of people who work with young children?
UNPACKED CONTENT
What skills are needed by early childhood professionals?
Basic communication skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care Professionals)

Speaking skills

Writing skills

Reading skills

Listening skills

Body language

Math skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care Professionals)

Adding

Subtracting

Multiplying

Dividing

Thinking skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care Professionals)

Thinking critically

Making decisions

Solving problems

Life skills (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, US Department of Education, 2006)

Leadership

Ethics

Accountability

Adaptability

Personal productivity

Personal responsibility

People skills

Self-direction

Social responsibility

Interpersonal skills (SCANS Report, Secretarys Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, US

Dept. of Labor, 1992)

Participating as a member of a team

Teaching others

Serving clients, customers

Exercising leadership

Working with cultural diversity

OBJECTIVE:

2.01

0%
SUPP

B2

Understand skills needed by early childhood

professionals.

UNPACKED CONTENT
Leadership skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care Professionals)

Responsibility

Integrity

Vision

Perseverance

Consideration

Team focus

Resource management skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care Professionals)

Managing people

Acquiring and sharing information

Using technology effectively

Using time wisely

Using energy wisely

Managing money

Managing equipment and supplies

Professional communication skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, Child & Adult Care

Professionals)

Communicating goals and philosophy

Public relations

Family communications

Staff communications and teamwork

Recording information