ECE 241

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COURSE SYLLABUS

1.	TITLE OF COURSE:	ADMIN: HUMAN RELATIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONS
	PREFIX/NUMBER:	ECE 241	CREDIT HOURS:	3
2.	PREREQUISITE:	None

3.	RESOURCES NEEDED:
	TEXT:	"Leaders and Supervision", Scarra & Dorsey, Delmar Publishing
	SUPPLIES:
4.	COURSE DESCRIPTION:	Focuses on the human relations component of an early childhood professional’s responsibilities. Includes director-staff relationships, staff development, leadership strategies, parent-professional partnerships, and community interaction.
5.	COURSE GOAL:	This course prepares students for effective human relations and interaction in the early childhood care and education programs. Course content includes communication, family diversity, problem solving, screening and assessment, and developing policies and procedures for managing the Colorado’s Quality Standards and Minimum Rules and Regulations. (This course has been approved by the Department of Human Services as a substitute for ECE 240.)

6.	COURSE OBJECTIVES:
	Unit I Effective communication with adults and children.
	(A)	The student will demonstrate the ability to listen without judgment, effectively manage interruptions and predict the outcomes of listening.
	(B)	The student will identify the stages of language development and be able to make an oral presentation in front of a group of adults/children.
	(C)	The student will demonstrate the ability to record telephone messages with accuracy, write memos with clarity, and document information with a minimum of spelling and grammar errors.
	(D)	The student will understand the need for team building in the child care programs.
	(E)	The student will identify different family systems and effective ways to communicate with families in order to provide information, make requests, initiate new policies, and facilitate child development
	Unit II Create an appropriate environment for screening and assessing young children.
	(A)	The student will identify ways of involving parents in the program.
	(B)	The student will develop a procedure for preparing for parent conferences.
	(C)	The student will create a network of professional support resources.
	(D)	The student will identify appropriate tools for assessing and screening young children.
	Unit III Learning how to conduct meetings in the childcare setting.
	(A)	The student will identify characteristics of meetings including the following examples: types of meetings, quality meetings, meetings that have a time limit.
	(B)	The student will identify guidelines for planning meetings.
	Unit IV Developing problem solving abilities and discovering ways to manage change.
	(A)	The student will analyze effective methods for correcting typical problems in the child care setting with respect to adult behaviors
	(B)	The student will analyze parent and employee complaints and devise a procedure for addressing the issues.
	(C)	The student will discuss the potential barriers to change, which hinder the problem solving process.
	Unit V Processes for evaluating employees.
	(A)	The student will identify policies for conducting employee evaluations
	(B)	The student will recognize the importance of feedback in employee evaluations.
	(C)	The student will analyze the worthy wage issue and establish strategies for improving job satisfaction and incorporating incentives.
	Unit VI Maintaining positive relationships among adults.
	(A)	The student will recognize the director’s role in interviewing and hiring staff.
	(B)	The student will recognize the director’s role in the budget process.
	(C)	The student will identify the variety of roles played by the staff and parents. Discuss effective ways to maintain positive relationships among these adults.
	(D)	The student will analyze total quality management models.
	Unit VII Developing policies and procedures for managing the affective domain.
	(A)	The student will read and discuss the NAEYC publications including the Code of Ethics and the Statement of Commitment.
	(B)	The student will review the Co. Dept. of Human Services Min. Rules and Regulations and the Co. Dept. of Educ. Quality Standards and compare the policies and procedures for managing human relationships.
	(C)	The student will identify strategies for being an advocate for the early childhood profession.

7.	EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
		Grading Scale Raw Score Range	Letter Grade
		90 to 100	A
		80 to 89	B
		70 to 79	C
		60 to 69	D
		0 to 59	F

Special Remarks:
1.	Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course, which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
2.	Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
3.	Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.

8.	COURSE OUTLINE:
9.	METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
	To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10.	ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
	The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11.	ADA NOTICE:
	Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.