Early Childhood Learning Community

Program Description: ECLC (the Early Childhood Learning Community) offers accredited on-line degrees from the University of Cincinnati - accessible to you wherever you are right now! Designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in your preschool, childcare center, or other setting serving young children, ECLC courses concentrate on child development, developmentally appropriate practices for young children, and child guidance strategies. Learn about it today and try it in your own classroom tomorrow! The curriculum also includes course work in English, Math, the Humanities, and Social Sciences. If you receive tuition assistance from FAFSA, you may apply it towards your ECLC education.

All your ECLC course work will be very interactive and you'll love building relationships with other students like you from around the country and the world! In every on-line course you'll read interesting and relevant textbooks and articles and participate in discussion boards and other interactive Internet-based activities. Associate degree courses are available in English or Spanish! Each includes a video lecture series. Video and cd/dvd sets of the lecture series are available for you if you do not have access to high-speed Internet.

Our Mission : The Early Childhood Learning Community ( ECLC ) is dedicated to the advancement of world-wide distance learning specializing in the field of early childhood education. As leaders in distance education technologies, the program integrates new knowledge and theory into a rigorous curriculum that improves the instructional practices of professionals in the 0-5 field. ECLC embraces a diverse population of students, recognizes their multiple life priorities and endeavors to provide them with an accommodating educational experience. It also provides individualized student support and technology training to assure students have the opportunity to reach their educational goals without visiting campus. The contributions of all students enhance the program; in turn, this rich educational experience immediately and positively impacts outcomes of all students, their own families and the children and families they serve. This nationally-recognized and endorsed program globally links the field of early childhood through the use of existing and evolving technologies at the Univ. of Cincinnati .

Accreditations:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The Higher Learning Commission
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
Ohio Department of Education

Our guiding principles :

To provide accessible education to early childhood teachers

To support teachers, families, staff, administrators, and the children they serve

To help centers and programs meet federal mandates and the educational goals of their teachers

To strengthen workplace learning

To create technology-proficient teachers

We draw upon a large body of theoretical research. but at every turn, we emphasize the practical hands-on application of that research to the challenges and opportunities of the early childhood classroom.