ECE 5 Online Orientation

ECE 5-80 Cooperative Education Field Experience (2)

This course provides a training period to apply techniques and methods acquired in pervious ECE courses.

Advisory: ECE 1/PSYC 3, ECE 2, ECE 3, ECE 4, ECE 6, ECE 7, ECE 8 (any five) strongly recommended

Course Details

Instructor: Sills
- E-Mail: csills@taftcollege.edu
- Telephone: Day 661-7633709 (ask for Cherry Sills I am at this number from 5 am to 2 pm).
- You can call and leave a message at 661-7872 (I will be checking this number daily).
- I am an adjunct instructor, therefore I do not have office hours. The course message center should be used for all on-line correspondence unless you need an immediate answer. In that case, call or email the instructors email or call the above numbers. Assignments will be graded in a timely manner.

Units: 3
Class Meets: January 28, 2008 - May 29, 2008
Textbook & Estimated Costs:
- Recommended Purchase: Bellm, Dan, Marcy Whitebook, and Patty Hnatiuk. The Early Childhood Mentoring Curriculum. A Handbook for Mentors. Washington, D.C.: Center for the Child Care Workforce, 1997. Cost: ?
- Harms, Thelma, Debie Cryer, and Richard M. Clifford. Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale. New York & London: Teachers College Press, 1990. Cost: about $15.00
- Harms, Thelma, Ellen Vineberg Jacobs, and Donna Romano White. School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale. New York & London: Teachers College Press, 1996. Cost: about $15.00
- Harms, Thelma, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer. Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. Revised Edition. New York & London: Teachers College Press, 1998. Cost: about $15.00

Estimated Time Per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 6 to 8 hours per week reading, writing, and skill practice.
Special Requirements: The course will be conducted online through the Etudes program. Students are required to have Internet access, the ability to use word processing, conduct Internet searches, attach files, send emails, and work independently. Total hours 32 hours lecture.
Assignments & Tests: Students will complete 1 biography assignment, 3 environment rating sales, a mentor application, and weekly assignments.
Additional Comments: Because this is a distance learning course, attendance is not an issue. Turning assignments in on time is. If you do not meet the first assignment deadline, I will assume you do not wish to stay in the class and drop you unless you contact me. After that, it is your responsibility to drop the course. Drops will not be backdated/ Contact the counseling center or the distance learning help desk to submit drop slips.
New to ETUDES-NG: be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with ETUDES-NG. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES-NG.

ETUDES-NG Course: You will log into the Etudes-NG classroom with log-in information provided below:

New Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of SSN

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
SSN: 111-22-3333

Username = joga23333

MonthDay of birth in school records

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)

Password = 0411

Previous Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of SSN

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
SSN: 111-22-3333

Username = joga23333

Enter the password YOU set in a previous term

If you cannot remember your password, go to the ETUDES-NG login screen and reset the password. Be sure to use the email address you used on your application.

Etudes-NG link opens in a new window

Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.