Courses / Requirements

Community Engagement and Education (CEED)
Degree with Submajor: Child Care


The Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies currently offers an optional submajor in Child Care. T.E.A.C.H. tuition assistance is available for qualified applicants.

The submajor in Child Care offers two major areas of study:

  • Child Care Education (Teachers, Assistant Teachers and Family Child Care Providers)
Through the courses in this program you will explore:
  • Race relations
  • The history and causes of inequality
  • Community development
  • At-risk students
  • Social action and social change
  • and much more!
Courses are offered online, blended, and during the evening to better fit in the schedules of working students.

This program is a collaboration between the BS program in Community Engagement and Education, the UWM Children's Center, and the Center for Early Childhood Professional Development & Leadership.


Prior Professional ExperienceSince Community Engagement and Education students are adults who have been working, reading and acquiring skills equivalent to those provided in a conventional classroom setting, it is possible to earn credits good towards lower division electives by demonstration of competencies. The course, Ed Pol 100, offers students the opportunity to analyze their prior learning and earn credits for their experiences. The process of awarding PPEE credits is through in- class writing that is evaluated by the departmental faculty.

Competency areas include:
 Local Community Systems
  Resource Development
 Political/Economic Analysis
  Personal Growth Competency 
 Philosophies of Change
  Group Process Skills 
 Leadership Issues
  Research Skills 
 Change Strategies
  Educational Advocacy
 Administrative Skills
  Social Problems Analysis  
 Community Perspectives on
 Human Resource Programs
  Conflict Resolution


Submajor Requirements

Students choose either the Child Care Educator Track, or the Child Care Administrator Track.


LOWER DIVISION COURSEWORK: 81 Credits

I. General Education Requirements (GER) 24 credits
UWM Milestones:
  • English Competency: Placement level of 4 or higher on the English Proficiency Test or complete English 102 or an equivalent course with a "C" or better.
  • Math Competency: Placement level of 30 or higher on the Math Placement Test, or complete Math 105, 106, 175, or an equivalent course with a "C" or better.
  • UWM Cultural Diversity: Complete 3 units from GER list in the current Schedule of Classes.
  • Foreign Language: Two semesters of one foreign language, or two years of one foreign language in high school.
GER Distribution: 24 credits
  • 3 credits English
  • 3 credits Fine Arts (GERA)
  • 6 credits Humanities (GERH)
  • 6 credits Social Science (GERS)
  • 6 credits Natural Science (GERN; GERL-one course must be a science lab)
II. Advanced Expository Writing: 3 credits
Choose one of the following 3 credit courses: ENG 201, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 214, 230.

III. Lower Division Electives: 42 credits
Choose courses from any UWM school or college; lower or upper division may be used to fill this requirement.

IV. Community Engagement and Education (CEED) Lower Division Core: 12 credits
  • 3 credits ED POL 111-Organizing for Social Action in Urban Communities 
  • 3 credits ED POL 112-Introduction to Community Education 
  • 3 credits ED POL 113-The Milwaukee Community 
  • 3 credits ED POL 114-Community Problems 

UPPER DIVISION COURSEWORK: 39 Credits
V. Community Engagement and Education (CEED) Core: 9 Credits
6 Credits Required Courses:
  • 3 credits ED POL 401 (formerly 503) Foundations of Community-Based Organizations 
  • 3 credits ED POL 506  Research Techniques for Community Organizers and Community Educators 
3 Credits ED POL Cultural Diversity:
  • 3 credits ED POL 625  Race Relations in Education
(May substitute another approved course with advisor permission)

VI. Child Care Concentration: 24 Credits
6 Credits Educational Policy Foundations:
  • 3 Credits ED POL 375  Cultural Foundations of Education 
  • or ED POL 530  Urban Education-Foundations 
  • 3 Credits ED POL 534  The Student At-Risk (Causes) 
  • or ED POL 535  Education At-Risk Students 

6 Credits Child Care Foundations:

  • 3 Credits ED POL 381  Introduction to Child Care
  • 3 Credits ED POL 383  Child Care Programming

3 Credits Program Focus:

  • 3 Credits CURRINS 585  Best Program Practices for Children & Families

*(WTCS AAS: Substitute 3 Cr ED POL 417  Regulation of Child Care) 

9 Credits Child Care Focus: 
Educator                               

  • 3 Credits ED POL 302  Approaches to Relationships in the Child Care Setting 
  • 3 Credits ED POL 340  Organizing and Operating a Child Care Center  
  • 3 Credits ED POL 416  Analysis of Child Care Environments 

Administrator

  • 3 Credits ED POL 582  Operations Management in Early Childhood Programs   (cross-listed as AD LDSP 582) 
  • 3 Credits ED POL 584  Early Childhood Programs and the External Environment
  • 3 Credits AD LDSP 586  Leadership in Early Childhood Programs
VII: Upper Division Electives: 6 Credits
Educator
  • 6 Credits chosen from any UWM school or college department, 300-level courses or higher
*(WTCS AAS: Substitute 3 Credits CURRINS 301 Infants and Toddlers Care & 3 Credits CURRINS 302 Curriculum at the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Levels)

 

Administrator
  • 3 Credits AD LDSP 581 Administration & Supervision of Early Childhood Programs
  • 3 Credits AD LDSP 583 Financial Management in Early Childhood Programs

NOTE: Students completing the Administrator Track also receive a Certificate in Child Care Administration from the UWM Center for Early Childhood Professional Development & Leadership, and earn the Wisconsin Professional Credential for Child Care Administrators from The Registry.

 



T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood WISCONSIN is an organization that helps those individuals working in the child care profession gain further training while continuing their employment in regulated early childhood and school age care settings. For more information you may contact T.E.A.C.H. at 1-800-793-9322, ext. 7240.



 
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