Language and Literacy Specialization

This certificate will prepare students to work in the child care field, focusing on working with children and families, including California state-funded and Head Start programs. This certificate will prepare the students to specialize in identifying and creating developmental appropriate language and literacy curriculum in an early childhood setting. This Certificate of Achievement can be used as an ECE Specialization when combined with the Child Development Certificate of Achievement. Students can then apply for the Child Development Master Teacher Permit issued by the Commission on Teaching Credentialing. For the Master Teacher Permit, 350 days of 3 or more hours per day of experience is also required.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

1. Demonstrate effective program practices to successfully design, implement, and evaluate effective literacy practices in an early childhood classroom.
2. Demonstrate understanding of how to select and use developmentally appropriate and culturally appropriate literature for children 0-8 years.
3. Utilize knowledge of appropriate language and literacy practices for young children in order to set up an effective language and literacy early childhood classroom environment.

Required courses