Course:

CD 14A:   Working With School-Age Children, 3 units,

Instructor:

Dr. Marlene Bumgarner

Please send me an email: mbumgarner@gavilan.edu  with CD14A as the subject to let me know that you have read this page.  I will send you the course guide by email a few days before class begins.

This class will be taught entirely on the internet. There will, however, be opportunities to screen videos and review material with the concurrent face-to-face class, which meets on Tuesday nights.

Office hours are by appointment: To make an appointment call 408.848.4805, leave a detailed voicemail and send me an email alerting me to check messages.

This course is being offered as part of Gavilan College's Child Development & Educational Studies major. It may be used toward an Associate Degree or a Certificate of Completion in School Age.  The class also may be used toward a Child Development Permit or for CDTC or CARES stipends.

Students will be required to the read the text, online lecture modules, and linked articles, as well as to participate in timely and meaningful weekly online discussions (asynchronous).  Students will be evaluated on their online participation, observation of "live" children, written assignments, and online examinations. Extra credit may be earned by participating in one or more school-age conferences or workshops.

Course
Description:

Students completing CD14A will learn the developmental characteristics of school aged children, issues relating to before- and after-school programs for children from kindergarten to grade eight, and specific details of administering and leading such a programs.  Other topics include recreation versus academic enrichment, staffing requirements, age groupings, program content, and community resources. 

This class has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit.

Special Note:

Many students begin online classes, but few complete them successfully without basic computer skills and personal discipline. The Gavilan Library will offer several orientations to online courses during the first weeks of the semester. If you have never taken an online course using Moodle, this orientation will provide critical information to help you be successful in this class.  In addition to orientations on campus, a free online tutorial is available that teaches students how to log in to their classes, upload assignments, and more.  To participate, register for LIB 732.

For more details, please see the Distance Education web site, http://www.gavilan.edu/disted/.

Required Texts:

(1) Working With School Age Children , by Marlene A. Bumgarner, McGraw Hill Publishers, ISBN-10: 1-55934-9484 (ISBN-13:  978155934942).

This texts may be purchased at the Gavilan Bookstore or online at half.com or Amazon.com

You will need this text the second week of class.

(2) The NAA (formerly NSACA) Standards for Quality School-Age Care, Edited by Janette Roman, National AfterSchool Association

This text may be purchased at the Gavilan Bookstore or online from the National AfterSchool Association or School-Age Notes.

You will need this text by the third week of class.

Special
Notes:

1. Students requiring special services or arrangements because of hearing, visual or other disability should contact their instructor, counselor, advisor, or the Disabled Students Services.
2. Limited English language skills will not be a barrier to admittance to and participation in vocational programs.
3. Students are expected to exercise academic honesty and integrity.   Violations such as cheating and plagiarism will result in disciplinary action which may include recommendation for dismissal.
4. The college policy on attendance, as stated in the catalog is: "students missing one more class hour than the unit value for a particular course, without making prior arrangements may, at the instructor's option be dropped without possibility of credit."  (This means you are expected to spend just as many hours in your “virtual” classroom as in a regular, face-to-face, classroom.)
5. However, although I may assume that you are no longer attending our class and remove you from the online roster, do not assume that I have filed an official withdrawal with Admissions & Records.  That is your responsibility.

Educational
Objectives
to be
Achieved:

1. Students will be able to describe specific physical, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic and affective developmental changes during the ages 6-18.
2. Students will be able to plan a safe and healthy environment for school-age children.  
3. Students will be able to list strategies to establish productive relationships between children, staff and families
4. Students will be able to plan, and learn to provide, a developmentally apropriate environment for 5-12 year old children.
5. Students will be able to explain and demonstrate appropriate behavior management techniques.
6. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to advance children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development with developmentally appropriate curriculum.
7. Students will be able to strategize ways to manage an effective program operation.

Course
Grading
System

Final course grades consist of a percentage of the total points accumulated -- a possible 300 points.  

A Note
from the
Instructor:

You are about to embark on a very timely field of study.   I will try to assist you in any way that I can to make this class a rewarding experience.   Remember to email me using CD14A as the subject line so that I may send you the course guide. To avoid being dropped, please log in no later than September6..  Dr. B.