EC208 - Facilities, Materials, Equipment, and Transportation
Syllabus

CREDITS: 2

PREREQUISITES: EC205

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides students with an overview of the issues and requirements surrounding facilities, materials, equipment, and transportation in Head Start Programs and other Early Childhood Programs, and provides information for locating resources that will assist program managers with meeting these requirements. Included is a review of topics such as environmental health code (I.H.S.), PRISM, licensing regulations, and space requirements.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course the student will have demonstrated:

• knowledge and skills downloading Acrobat Reader and sections of the Head Start Performance Standards
• installing PRISM software to study how centers are evaluated
• posting best practices for emergency drills for their Head Start Centers
• sharing forms that are required for the documentation of regulations
• sharing written documentation for policies and plans
• evaluating a playground
• a knowledge of section 1310 of the Head Start Performance Standards

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ADVISOR

Information about Early Childhood Education Advisor

TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED:	Head Start Performance Standards PRISM program (on a disk provided by BMCC Virtual Bookstore) Licensing Regulations
INSTRUCTOR:	Patricia A. Sterling, MPA Bay Mills Community College OnLine Instructor 1020 Cedar Street Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 (906) 440-1254 trishsterling@hotmail.com
WEBSITE RESOURCES:	www.acf.hhs.gov

GRADING SYSTEM:

A    = 100 - 93 A-  = 92 - 90 B+ = 89 - 87 B    = 86 - 83 B-  = 82 - 80 C+ = 79 - 77

C    = 76 - 73 C-  = 72 - 70 D+ = 69 - 67 D    = 66 - 63 D-  = 62 - 60 F    = 59 - Below

TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE:

10 Homework	50
2 Quizzes	20
1 Midterm	15
1 Final	15
Total	100

HOMEWORK GUIDELINES
Do homework assignments in order. There is a natural order. The assignments directly correlate with Head Start Performance Standards. If you skip an assignment or do later assignments before earlier ones, you may be missing some important information.

MIDTERM GUIDELINES:
You must complete homework assignments 1-6 before you can take the Midterm.

FINAL GUIDELINES:
You must complete homework assignments 8-13 before you can take the Final.

FINAL GRADE:
Your grade will be based on scores from the Homework Assignments, Quizzes, Mid-term, and Final.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:
You have 15 weeks to complete the course from the time you receive your password.

BMCC POLICIES:
All students please review the following policies and procedures

Student Handbook : (http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/index.html).
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Information about class schedules and transcripts:(http://www.bmcc.edu/StudentServices1/Handbook/transcripts.html).

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING:
The instructor reserves the right to fail any student for cheating on any assignment or plagiarizing the work of others. The BMCC Administrative board may discipline students who cheat or plagiarize.

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