{"id":8827,"date":"2026-09-10T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/?page_id=8827"},"modified":"2026-09-10T22:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:58:41","slug":"early-childhood-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/early-childhood-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8827\" class=\"elementor elementor-8827\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c33fea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c33fea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1fa631\" data-id=\"e1fa631\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0afc9f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0afc9f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/neet7rQqWX8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab80f96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab80f96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d73a433\" data-id=\"d73a433\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153a380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"153a380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prepare young learners for entry into elementary school\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5410c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5410c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Early Childhood Education<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49544ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49544ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This two-year program prepares students to be primary providers of home, family, or institution based childcare services by focusing on the planning, organizing, and conducting of meaningful play and learning activities; child monitoring and supervision; recordkeeping and referral procedures and work-based learning experiences in on-site pre-kindergarten classes under the supervision of the instructor. Students also prepare for continuing education leading to career in early childhood fields (e.g., medical, social services, education). \u00a0<\/p><p>During the second year, students focus on occupational skills needed by personnel employed in early childhood-related careers, such as education, medical\/health care, social services, counseling, psychology, and entrepreneurship while continuing work-based learning experiences. This program prepares students for the Child Development Associate (CDA) certification to either earn during their second year of the program or soon after pending completion of all requirements.<\/p><p>This program will be held at the Chester Early Childhood Academy. Transportation will be provided from the home high school to the Courthouse Tech Center location, then from Courthouse to the Chester Early Childhood Academy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e72bf elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a4e72bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/education\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Other Education Programs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43b1753\" data-id=\"43b1753\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb93ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6eb93ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"headline\" data-v-62e4f9a2=\"\"><div class=\"headline\" data-v-62e4f9a2=\"\"><h3>Chester Early Childhood Academy\u00a0<\/h3><p><strong>Two Year Program<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Occupation Opportunities<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/oes\/current\/oes399011.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Child Care Worker<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li>Elementary School Teacher<\/li><li>Teacher Assistant<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Certification Opportunities<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>CPR\/First Aid and AED<\/li><li>Child Development Associate (CDA)<\/li><li>Workplace Readiness Skills<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Credits for this Program<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Year 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Early Childhood Ed. I (2 Credits)<\/li><li>Intro to Early Childhood Ed. (1 Credit)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Year 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Early Childhood Ed. II (2 Credits)<\/li><li>Work Based Learning (1 Credit)<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Preferred Aptitudes<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Ability to work independently with small children<\/li><li>Enjoy teaching and supervising children<\/li><li>Good interpersonal skills and initiative<\/li><li>Demonstrate adaptability to change<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare young learners for entry into elementary school Early Childhood Education This two-year program prepares students to be primary providers of home, family, or institution based childcare services by focusing on the planning, organizing, and conducting of meaningful play and learning activities; child monitoring and supervision; recordkeeping and referral procedures and work-based learning experiences in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"folder":[123],"class_list":["post-8827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9038,"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8827\/revisions\/9038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneccps.torxdev.com\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=8827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}