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  "college": "cuesta-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Child Development and Family Studies",
  "id": "pk-3-pathway-for-elementary-educators-certificate-of-achievement",
  "name": "PK – 3 PATHWAY FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "child-development-and-family-studies",
  "sourceUrl": "https://cuesta.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/30065/30066/30067/30068/30232",
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      "markdown": "The PK – 3 Pathway for Elementary Educators Certificate of Achievement provides students with a foundation in child development, including understanding typical/atypical behaviors, applying developmental theories to learning, addressing challenging behaviors in the classroom, working effectively with diverse student populations, and designing developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum. The PK – 3 Pathway for Elementary Educators Certificate of Achievement meets the California credential requirement of 24 ECE/CD units for TK teachers.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s):**\n\n1.  Apply knowledge of child development theories to working with young children.\n2.  Apply foundational knowledge of child development, birth to age eight, including typical/atypical behaviors and major milestones. Interpret children's behavior within a cultural and family context and recognize the importance of the adult-child relationship for healthy development.\n3.  Apply foundational knowledge in Child Development to address challenging behaviors in the classroom, using developmentally and culturally appropriate strategies, and to work effectively with diverse student populations, recognizing unique challenges and histories.\n4.  Identify early childhood educators' professional roles, requirements, and responsibilities, including observation and assessment, reflection, effective communication, ethical practice, responsibilities to children and families, and commitment to ongoing professional development.\n5.  Design and implement curriculum that is developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate, based on foundations of early childhood education and knowledge of individual children."
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          "text": "Required Courses (24 units)",
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          "code": "CDFS 201",
          "title": "CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 202",
          "title": "CHILD, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 203",
          "title": "CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN",
          "units": "3",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 204",
          "title": "HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 205",
          "title": "INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 206",
          "title": "OBSERVATION, RECORDING TECHNIQUES AND ASSESSMENT",
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          "code": "CDFS 215",
          "title": "CHILDREN IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY",
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        },
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDFS 234",
          "title": "CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND NARRATIVES",
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          "units": "24"
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