Wayland Baptist University Division of Education Hawaii Campus

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1 Wayland Baptist University Division of Education Hawaii Campus Mission: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service to God and humankind. COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: ECHD 4319 Administration of Programs for Young Children TERMS AND DATES: Fall, August 21 st November 4 th 2017 OFFICE HOURS: Before/after class or by appointment. CLASS MEETING TIME AND LOCATION: Saturdays 9:00 am to 12:30 pm WBU Hawaii Main Campus, Millilani INTRUCTOR: Cynthia Shirota PHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: cyndee.shirota@wayland.wbu.edu CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: Administration of Programs for Young Children emphasizes the director s responsibility for being a leader in both program and people maintenance; business skills; funding; budgeting; selecting, training, and supervising staff; facility acquisition; purchasing equipment; and evaluating the program. PREREQUISITES: Access to Blackboard REQUIRED RESOURCE MATERIALS: Student Texbook(s): 1. Sciarra, Dorothy June; Dorsey, Ann G.; Lynch, Ellen (2010). Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education Program (9 th edition). Cengage Learning, Boston, Mass. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Complete required readings, activities and projects on time. 2. Demonstrate mastery of the strategies of administering programs for young children. 3. Complete satisfactory one or more tests based on student outcomes. 4. Make in-class, small group teaching presentations that extend understanding of key concepts.

2 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: The university student will 1. Identify administrative styles, roles and tools which will enable the director to blend program management and people leadership. 2. Assess community need and establish a program based on that need. 3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of licensing and certification. 4. Describe and demonstrate different aspects of working with a board of directors. 5. Apply strategies in handling financial matters and funding for the program. 6. Describe an early childhood facility that meets the needs of children, staff members and parents. 7. Apply the strategies of equipping and staffing a center. MEANS FOR ASSESSING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: (Additional assessments may be added, but those listed will be utilized.) 1. Class assignments 2. Course tests 3. In-class presentations ATTENDENCE POLICY: Campus Attendance Policy The University expects students to make class attendance a priority. All absences must be explained to the instructor who will determine whether omitted work may be made up. When a student reaches the number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the dean at the campus where the course is offered. Any student who misses 25% or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings may receive a grade of F in the course. Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, are considered a part of the university s attendance policy. A student may petition the Academic Council for exceptions to the above stated policies by filing a written request for an appeal to the provost/academic vice president. UNIVERSITY GRADING SCALE: A B C D F below 60 Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been held to realistic standards, just evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal process described in the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for advanced placement examination or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course grade, which may be upheld, raised, or lowered at any stage of the

3 appeal process. Any recommendation to lower a course grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper evaluation. COURSE GRADING CRITERIA: (The grading criteria provided are a suggestion. Your own format may be utilized, but you MUST provide the criteria within the syllabus.) Points 1. Class-to-class assignments: for Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) will be 60 graded using a rubric. A percent will be calculated by dividing the number of earned credits received by the total number. Example: You received 18 credits out of a possible 25: 18/25 = 72% your earned Portion:.72 x 50 = In class small group presentations will be graded using a rubric. 120 Each is worth 40 points. 3. Three tests will be given during this course. Each test is worth points. Total: 300 ACADEMIC HONESTY: Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of any case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved. The faculty member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has been penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed. Plagiarism Plagiarism The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts), as a product of one s own thought, whether the other s work is published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student. 1. When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the works, ideas or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledge through complete, accurate and specific references, and if verbatim statements are included, through use of quotation marks as well. By placing one s name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgments. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness.

4 Source: DISABLITY STATEMENT: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for accommodations.

5 COURSE SCHEDULE: Classes will be held on Saturdays 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Dates and Assignments: (these are tentative dates and assignments) Date Class Topic Assignments 8/26 Introduction to Course Read chapters 1 and 2 Ch. 1-2; Set up 1 st Presentation Reflection pg. 26 due 9/2 9/2 Work on presentations Reflection pg. 64 Due 9/9 Due 9/9 Read chapters 3, 4 9/9 Presentations; Read chapters 5-6; due 9/16 Chapters 5-6 Reflection pg /16 Guest Speaker; Read chapters 7-8 due 9/23 Chapters 3-4 Reflection pg. 145, 9/23 Test ; Read chapters 9-10 due 9/30 Chapters 7-8 Reflection pg /30 Chapters 9-10 Review Read chapters 11-12; due 10/7 Test; Group time Reflection pg /7 Presentation; chapters Read chapters 13-14; due 10/ ; test Reflection pg /14 Chapters 13-14; Read chapters 15-16; due 10/21 Group word Reflection pg /21 Chapters 15-16; class time Work on presentations Group work; 10/28 Final Test questions given 11/4 Final presentation NOTE: All assignments are due as stated above. Any work turned in after due date, will be given a zero for the assignment.