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Grand Rapids Community
College
Fast Facts about GRCC
The first community college in Michigan, founded in 1914
Located on 25 acres in downtown Grand Rapids
Fast Facts about GRCC
Educates about 24,000 credit and non-credit students annually.
Students: Full time: 43 percentPart time: 57 percent
Fast Facts About GRCC
250 full-time instructors and 350 part-time adjunct instructors
President Juan Olivarez
Child Development Department
Child Development program began in the early 70’s through the Home Economics program.
GRCC Laboratory Preschool has been in operation since fall 1974.
Mission Statement
To provide learning experiences in the classroom, Laboratory preschool, and community that help students build the knowledge, skills and dispositions they need to meet children’s developmental needs.
Theoretical Foundations:
The Child Development Program began with a constructivist approach and has been influenced by the theories of:
Piaget Erikson Bronfenbrenner Vygotsky Gardner
Community Connections:
The Child Development Staff works closely with its Advisory Committee which is made up of community leaders in the Early Childhood field, many of whom employ GRCC Child Development Program Graduates.
Community and State Involvement
Child Development faculty are committed to providing community and state involvement and leadership in the field. This is evident by the involvement of staff in external groups. Some of these include:
the Michigan Early Childhood Professional Development Consortium,
American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators (ACCESS) Michigan affiliate
Michigan Early Childhood Teacher Educators Affiliate Kent County Advocacy Coalition Childcare Expulsion Prevention 4C Board Head Start Education Advisory Committee
GRCC Lab Preschool
Accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs since 1991
Provides a full-day year round program with five classrooms
Children at the Lab Preschool
Serves over one hundred children and their families each semester
40% of the children have college student parents (Funded through Perkins, MSRP and Head Start Collaboration grants)
Preschool Curriculum:
The Curriculum at the Lab Preschool is an eclectic child-centered play based curriculum with clear influences from:
Constructivism Emergent Curriculum Project Approach Reggio Work Sampling Assessment EARLY Classroom Literacy Enrichment Model
Infant Room
Eight Infants from 6 weeks to 15 months
Two Lab Instructors, 1 Assistant
Students:118 Human Growth210 Infant/Toddler
Development285 Cooperative Work Experience
Toddler Room
Twelve toddlers Two Lab Instructors,
1 Assistant Students:
118 Human Growth
210 Infant/Toddler Development
285 Cooperative Work Experience
Three Preschool Classrooms
60 children aged 2 ½ to four
Four Lab Instructors, 3 Assistants
Students:118 Human Growth119 Preschool Methods285 Cooperative Work Experience
Child Development Students
Associate Degree Students Child Development Associate Degree Students Paraprofessional Associate Degree Students
2-Year/Transfer Students CDA Students Grace College & Reformed Bible College Students OTA Students Elementary and Secondary Education Students Students seeking education related to a specific content area
Child Development Faculty
Three Full-time Classroom InstructorsEight Full-time Lab InstructorsSeven Adjunct Instructors teaching from
3-12 credits each semester (Most of the Adjunct Instructors work full time in other programs such as Child Care Centers, Head Start, Elementary classrooms, or other colleges)
Transfer Institutions
Western Michigan University GR- Family and Child Studies
Aquinas College and Ferris State University GR – Elementary Ed. With ZA Endorsement
Articulation Agreements:
The Child Development Program also has articulation agreements with:
The Ottawa County Career Line Tech. Center
Kent Regional 4C
Increasing Numbers of Students
Child Development Enrollment
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Credits
Credits 2804 2903 3200 3721 4295
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004
53% increase in the last five years Fall 2004 enrollment is up 18% from Fall 2003
CD 105Foundations of Early Childhood Education
CD 105 Foundations in Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
Developed in 2002 to meet the entry level competencies in the Core Knowledge and Competencies
Document
Fundamentals of Child Development
CD 116 Families, Intimate Relationships and Human Sexuality (3 credits)
CD 118 Human Growth and Development (4 credits – 2 hours lab per week)
CD 215 Adult-Child Interactions (3 credits)
Curriculum Development and Implementation
CD 210 Infant/Toddler Development (4 credits – 2 hours lab per week)
CD 119 Preschool Methods (4 credits – 3 hours lab per week)
CD 250 School-age Childcare also available
CD 119 Methods in Preschool
Education
Curriculum Development & Implementation
CD 210 Infant/Toddler Development
Curriculum Development & Implementation
Specialized Curriculum and Program Administration
CD 218 Preschool Management (3 credits) CD 260 Emergent Literacy (3 credits – 20 hours
tutoring required) CD 230 Young Child with Special Needs (4 credits
– 2 hours lab per week)
CD 218 Preschool
Management Administrative
Skills
CD 260Emergent Literacy
Specialized CurriculumDevelopment & Implementation
CD 230 Young Children With Special Needs Specialized Curriculum Development & Implementation
Capstone Experience
CD 180 for CDA Students CD 280/285 for Associate Degree Students
(CD 180 and CD 280 required 225 hours of paid work experience at an approved site)
CD 180CDA CooperativeWork Experience
CD 280Cooperative
WorkExperience
& CD 285
Assessment Tools
Capstone
Online Instruction:
GRCC offers the following courses online:CD 105 Foundations of Early Childhood
EducationCD 118 Human Growth and
DevelopmentCD 119 Preschool Methods (Online
Hybrid)
Early Reading First Grant
EARLY is a collaboration between Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Head Start for Kent County, and United Methodist Community House.
Early Accent on Reading and Learning for Young Children
For more information:
Visit the GRCC website at:
http://www.grcc.edu/