2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
    Jul 16, 2025  
2021-2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECE 217 - School-Age Learning Environments

3 CR
This course introduces students to designing exciting, secure, and developmentally appropriate school-age programs for children ages 5-12. Students explore the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional development of school-age children. Students gain skills in selecting equipment and individual and group management techniques. This course is based on NAEYC standards of child development practices.

Requisites: Next Gen ACCUPLACER® reading score of 244, or at least a grade of C in TSRE 55  or ENGL 151 .
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Describe the developmental characteristics of a school-aged child.
  2. Evaluate a school-age learning environment for quality using a rating scale.
  3. Plan, support, and implement school-age programming with developmentally appropriate learning experiences for all settings, including outdoor and indoor learning environments.
  4. Use the internet to research information on school-age children.
  5. Plan strategies to support a diverse group of children and families.
  6. Devise strategies to support positive child guidance and conflict resolution with school-age children.
  7. Create a portfolio to maintain learning experience ideas.
  8. Able to devise a budget for school-age programming.