Course Information

Course Description:

The study of the basic principles of good health as they relate to the child in the family, child care center or family childcare home, and community. This course includes child nutrition, growth, disease and accident prevention, and safety. Laboratory observation and interaction. 

Course Objectives:

1. Analyze and evaluate playgrounds by using a tool specifically formatted for the analysis and evaluation, recognizing the positives and negatives of local early childhood playgrounds.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of creativity and dramatic play in the early childhood setting by creating a prop box and specific plan for the use of the prop box.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of providing nutrition/cooking experiences with children by conducting a developmentally appropriate cooking activity with a group of early childhood students. 
4. Develop an outdoor activity file.
5. Express grammatically correct written expression in all assignments.
6. Recognize hazards, precautions and warnings in an early childhood setting by understanding guidelines, emergency procedures and safety policies for these settings. 
7. Promote good health and nutrition practices in the early childhood classroom.
8. Provide a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries.
9. Establish an environment that contributes to the prevention of illness.

Prerequisites and Corequisites:

ECED 1010 or department approval

Course Topics:

The course has been designed into nine modules on these particular topics:

A Holistic Approach to Safe, Healthy Learning Environments

Indoor Safety

 Outdoor Safety

Emergnecy Response Procedures

Promoting and Providing Good Health

Nutrition/ Menu Planning

Health Issues/ Infection Control

Child Abuse

Specific Course Requirements:

  _{Skilled in sending and receiving e-mails with attachments. Skilled in using a web browser to connect to websites (such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.)} 

Textbooks, Supplementary Materials, Hardware and Software Requirements

Required Textbooks:

Please visit the Virtual Bookstore to obtain textbook information for this course.  It is located at http://rodp.bkstr.com. 

Supplementary Materials:

None

Hardware Requirements:

PC Users- A minimum computer system to successfully access all the tools in this course is a Pentium 166 or better with 32 Megabytes of RAM or better and Windows 95 or higher. A modem, 56K or better.

MAC users- Minimum system requirements are a 604 Power PC processor, preferably a G3 (iMacs are included) or G4 processor computer running Mac OS 8.5 or above. A minimum of 64 Megabytes of RAM, preferably 128 with at least 25 Megabytes assigned to your browser. A modem, 56K or better.

Software Requirements:

PC users- Communications software: Internet Explorer version 5 or Netscape version 4.58 or later. Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat software.

Mac users- Communications software:  Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 4.75. Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat software.

Instructor Information 

Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.

Assessment and Grading

Testing Procedures:

All testing will take place within the course materials.  You will be allowed to take your tests at a time and place convenient to you.

Grading Scale:

Students will be graded on the following items that will reflect on their competencies of the nine course modules.

 Each module will be presented in this format and be worth 100 points: 

Student will have 10 DAYS to complete each module.

*Learning Outcomes

*Online Reading Assignments and/or textbook reading assignments 

*Written assignments

*Reflection 

*Quiz 

 Total points=900 pts.

*900-810  [A]

*809-720  [B]

*719-630   [C]

*629-540  [D]

539-below [F]

Assignments and Participation

Assignments and Projects:

Students will complete nine learning modules.

Module One: A Holistic Approach to Safe, Healthy Learning Envieonments

Module Two: Setting Up and Managing a Safe Environment

Module Three: Indoor Safety

Module Four: Outdoor Safety

Module Five: Emergency Response Procedures

Module Six: Promoting and Providing Good health

Module Seven: Menu Planning

Module Eight: Health Issues/Infection Control

Module Nine:Child Abuse

Class Participation:

You are expected to participate in all interactive aspects of the course. For example, you must communicate with other students via emails and discussion board exchanges. You are expected to communicate with your instructor on a regular basis and check the course bulletin board frequently for announcements. You must actively participate in threaded discussion events. Students are expected to work at a pace conducive to collaborative learning, that is, don't work too far ahead or too far behind the group. The class is designed to support student interaction.

Punctuality:

You are encouraged to work at your own pace, however deadlines are placed on class activities, assignments, quizzes. You should become familiar with the Class Calendar to determine when materials are due and adjust your study schedule accordingly. Once a deadline has passed you will be "locked out" of the material. 

Course Ground Rules

Assignments will be presented as noted in the course Calendar. You will have until the due date on the calendar to complete each assignment.

You should use your assigned WebCT email addresses for all communication.

You should address any technical problems immediately.

You should observe netiquette at all times. Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. For further clarification see the "Academic Honesty" statement.

Attendance

Students are expected to check their e-mail at least once or twice daily and to work on their assignments regularly. It will be impossible to complete your work if you do not.

Guidelines for Communications

Email:

• Always include a subject line.
• Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way. Be careful in wording your emails. Use of emoticons might be helpful in some cases.
• Use standard fonts.
• Do not send large attachments without permission.
• Special formatting such as centering, audio messages, tables, html, etc. should be avoided unless necessary to complete an assignment or other communication.
• Respect the privacy of other class members

Discussion Groups:

• Review the discussion threads thoroughly before entering the discussion. Be a lurker then a discussant.
• Try to maintain threads by using the "Reply" button rather starting a new topic.
• Do not make insulting or inflammatory statements to other members of the discussion group. Be respectful of other's ideas.
• Be patient and read the comments of other group members thoroughly before entering your remarks.
• Be cooperative with group leaders in completing assigned tasks.
• Be positive and constructive in group discussions.
• Respond in a thoughtful and timely manner.

Chat:

• Introduce yourself to the other learners in the chat session.
• Be polite. Choose your words carefully. Do not use derogatory statements.
• Be concise in responding to others in the chat session.
• Be prepared to open the chat session at the scheduled time.
• Be constructive in your comments and suggestion

Web Resources:

• See the appendix in the Study Hall for lists of web resources.

Library

The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. 

Students With Disabilities 

Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with their home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.

Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the left to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.

Technical Support

Telephone Support:

If you are having problems logging into your course,
timing out of your course, using your course web site tools, or other technical problems, please contact the RODP Help Desk by calling

1-800-550-7637 (toll free)

or go to their website at:

http://help.rodp.org