This proficiency award is designed for students who have completed the AS-T transfer degree in Early Childhood Education and who desire to apply for a Site Supervisor permit.

The Site Supervisor permit authorizes the holder to supervise a child care and development program operating at a single site, provide service in the care, development, and instruction of children in a child care and development program, and serve as a coordinator of curriculum and staff development.

The earned AS-T in Early Childhood Education will serve as a prerequisite for this proficiency award.

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to: 

• Interpret best and promising teaching and care practices as it relates to the history of Early Childhood Education, range of delivery systems, program types and philosophies and ethical standards.
• Design, implement and evaluate environments and activities that support positive developmental play and learning outcomes for all young children.
• Critique strategies that support and empower families through respectful, reciprocal relationships to involve all families in their children’s development and learning.
• Critically assess community support services and agencies that are available to families and how those services impact the relationship between children and families.
• Demonstrate systematic observation methods to provide data to assess the impact of the environment, interactions and curriculum on all domains of children’s learning and development.
• Analyze major developmental milestones for children from conception through adolescence in the areas of physical, psychosocial, cognitive, and language development using standard research methodologies.
• Differentiate characteristics of typical and atypical development at various stages.
• Apply effective guidance and interaction strategies that support all children’s social learning, identity and self-confidence.
• Demonstrate effective practices in adult supervision including assigning duties, monitoring performance, and frequent constructive evaluation.
• Design, implement, and evaluate professional managerial documents including job descriptions, compliance regulations, handbooks and manuals for families and staff ensuring that all program policies and procedures follow a professional code of ethics.