Office
Information
Location
Building
L, Room L-113
Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Friday
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Lynn Manka
Senior Secretary
Phone
440.525.7355
Mrs. Paula Ahlstrom
Professor
Phone
440.525.7835
Office
L-113a
Email
Dr. Candace Lindemer
Program Director
Phone
440.525.7219
Office
L-113b
Email
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Science & Public Service Technologies
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Lakeland's early childhood
education program provides the technical and professional
training to prepare students for a variety of environments
including child care centers, prekindergarten, and
in special needs and Head Start programs. This program
provides students with an understanding of human
development, experience in human interaction, and
a supervised field placement which provides appropriate
on-the-job experience. Early childhood education
is a truly satisfying field for the highly motivated
and energetic student.
Employment for all
occupations in early childhood education is projected
to increase by 18 percent between 2006 and 2016, which
is faster than the average for all occupations.
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Students in the early childhood education
program will receive training in the Teaching/Learning Center
(TLC), a modern laboratory and training facility. The TLC
provides a full-day preschool and toddler program nationally
accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs
and is state-licensed. The college's Early Childhood Education
Building houses the TLC and all early childhood education
classrooms. The early childhood education program prepares
students for Pre-K licensure from the Ohio Department of
Education. Curriculum is constantly reviewed and revised
as needed by the faculty to ensure that students receive
the best education and training to gain immediate employment
upon graduation. Technologies and Media Studies for Early
Childhood Education is a course taught in the department's
computer and media production labs. It provides an overview
of principles, teaching strategies, guidelines for selecting
software, and developmental activities for integrating the
computer into preschool curriculum.
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Lakeland Community College's Associate
Degree Program in Early Childhood Education prepares students
to obtain the Prekindergarten Associate License, if all the
criteria outlined below are also fully met. When all the
criteria are met, the graduate's application form for Prekindergarten
Associate Licensure will be signed by the Early Childhood
Program Director.
Requirements:
Hold an Associate of Applied Science Degree
in Early Childhood Education from Lakeland Community College
with an official copy of graduate transcript verifying graduate
status on file in the Early Childhood Education Department
office.
Be deemed to be of good moral character including no convictions on a
criminal background records check(s).
Successfully have completed all requirements of the approved Prekindergarten
Associate Program with at least a 2.5 GPA in the required program courses.
Successfully have completed at least 300 hours of faculty-evaluated clinical
and field-based experiences with all records on file in the Early Childhood
Education Department office, including at least the minimum number of
required faculty-evaluated work with exceptional children and multicultural
early childhood settings.
Articulate and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values,
and dispositions identified by the Ohio Department of Education for teacher
licensure.
Have been recommended by the Program Director of Lakeland's Early Childhood
Program as having met all program standards.
The license is issued from the Ohio Department
of Education for teaching in public school prekindergarten
programs and is available to program graduates who meet licensure
standards.
Ohio Department of Education Initial Licensure
Ohio Department of Education Renew License
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CENTER
FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
Ohio
Department of Education Initial Licensure
Ohio Department of Education Renew Teaching License
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