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Home of the Tiny Trojans
Established in its New Location - 2010-2011 school year
The Tiny Trojans is an on site program for preschoolers which is run by high school students as part of their Child Development Lab experience.
Enrollment - 12 preschoolers with a waiting list
Age range - 2.5 to 4 for 12-13 school year.
One student has been with the program for 3 years running.
Two students have been with the program for 2 years in a row.
Tiny Trojan Preschool Activities
Culinary Students partner with Business Students to plan Career Magnet School Winter Event
CASHS FCS and Business students worked together to plan the dinner meeting/celebration for the Career Magnet Teachers.
Students researched menus, prepared desserts, made decorations, and designed the meeting space with the guidance of their teachers Ms. Jarusewski and Mrs. Reinsmith. This was a perfect opportunity for students to apply their event planning skills.
Other Projects from Ms. J's Culinary students
Students have the opportunity to compete against each other in Ms. J's version of cup cake wars and chicken wars. It is alway a delight to be chosen as a judge for either of these tasty events.
Event Planning under the "Trojan Huddle" Tent
FCS and Culinary students also prepare food and set up the Trojan Tent at various sporting events through out the year.
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education (ECE) and is a key stepping stone on the path of career advancement in ECE.
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ is based on a core set of competency standards, which guide early care professionals as they work toward becoming qualified teachers of young children. The Council works to ensure that the nationally-transferable CDA is a credible and valid credential, recognized by the profession as a vital part of professional development.
CDAs have knowledge of how to put the CDA Competency Standards into practice and understanding of why those standards help children move with success from one developmental stage to another. Put simply, CDAs know how to nurture the emotional, physical, intellectual, and social development of children.
Earning the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ has many advantages, including exposure to the larger community of early childhood educators. Over 300,000 educators have received their CDA to date!
Becoming a CDA is a big commitment, but one that creates confident practitioners with command of today’s best practices for teaching young children.
Benefits of The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™
The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ is based on a core set of competency standards, which guide early care professionals as they work toward becoming qualified teachers of young children. The Council works to ensure that the nationally-transferable CDA is a credible and valid credential, recognized by the profession as a vital part of professional development.
CDAs have knowledge of how to put the CDA Competency Standards into practice and understanding of why those standards help children move with success from one developmental stage to another. Put simply, CDAs know how to nurture the emotional, physical, intellectual, and social development of children.
Earning the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ has many advantages, including exposure to the larger community of early childhood educators. Over 300,000 educators have received their CDA to date!
Becoming a CDA is a big commitment, but one that creates confident practitioners with command of today’s best practices for teaching young children.
Benefits of The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™
- Advance your career
- Meet job requirements
- Reinforce your commitment to early childhood education
- Provide parents with peace of mind
- Understand developmentally appropriate practice
- Increase your confidence
High School Students Now Eligible for CDA
High school students enrolled in ECE vocational programs may now become Candidates for the CDA credential. All eligibility requirements remain the same as for any other Candidate. The only change the Council has made is that we have removed the “18 years of age” and “high school diploma” requirements. This means that many vocational/technical high school students around the country may now apply who have achieved their 480 hours of work experience through a practicum or laboratory school course and their 120 hours of training through child development courses they have taken.
The CDA Credential is the essential first step of an entry level ECE professional. In an effort to make this career building opportunity more widely available, the Council has expanded its traditional credentialing model. Here are the rules:
The CDA candidate:
- Must meet all CDA requirements but does NOT have to be 18.
- Must hold a high school diploma, or equivalent, or must be a junior or senior in a high school / vocational program in early education.
** Mrs. Lehman works with local CDA organizations to arrange speakers and supplement courses with current resources. She is currently investigating the possibility of being a CAD testing center and offering this credential to our Child Development students.
The CDA Credential is the essential first step of an entry level ECE professional. In an effort to make this career building opportunity more widely available, the Council has expanded its traditional credentialing model. Here are the rules:
The CDA candidate:
- Must meet all CDA requirements but does NOT have to be 18.
- Must hold a high school diploma, or equivalent, or must be a junior or senior in a high school / vocational program in early education.
** Mrs. Lehman works with local CDA organizations to arrange speakers and supplement courses with current resources. She is currently investigating the possibility of being a CAD testing center and offering this credential to our Child Development students.
Infant Simulator and Pregnancy Profile Program
grows in interest and expands during the 12-13 school year
Simulator
RealCare Baby makes it possible for students to practice caring for an infant 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Baby cries for care at all hours, day and night
- Caregiver determines what Baby needs: feeding, burping, rocking, diapering
- Unique wireless ID to ensure accountability
- Baby's computer tracks its care and safe handling
Pregnancy Profile
The RealCare Pregnancy Profile Simulator replicates the third trimester of pregnancy. For both females AND males in any type of parenting or child development education class!
4 Empathy Bellies (Real Care Pregnancy Profile) were ordered and received in December. A couple of students did a “test drive”. They critiqued the belly, kept a diary of their feelings and concerns, and documented how the community received them. The bellies will be given to interested students in February. The object of this project to have students “walk in someone else’s shoes” and to help students make better life choices.
Student Created Teen Pregnancy Posters
Printed, Laminated & Displayed in CASHS School Nurse's Office
Ms. Lehman's students as part of a Public Service Announcement Project made posters and brochures educating teens on teen pregnancy and STDs. The posters were so well done that they were donated to the nurse’s office.
New Project Based Learning Experience
Collaboration between Culinary and Child Development
Culinary and Child Development students will be creating their version of a Parents Magazine. This will give students experience in writing, reading, research and being concise. This will be a worthwhile collaborative between the two Family Consumer Science classes.
Link below provides project expectations.
Link below provides project expectations.
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ESL Parent Outreach
Preschool students gave two presentations this fall at the ESL Parent Outreach at the Baker’s Center, King St Church. Our objective was to introduce our preschool to the Hispanic families. We wanted to let them know that there is a preschool within walking distance of their homes. My Hispanic students presented information in English and Spanish. They also handed out brochures which they made in English and Spanish to give to parents. We were received very well.
Early Childhood Committee - Stevens Elementary Project
Ms. Lehman is a member of this committee headed by Tammy Stouffer. She wrote a grant for Tom Knepper who is also a part of the committee. The grant entails children/parents from Stevens Elementary meeting on Saturdays to be educated in healthy meals/snacks as a diabetes control or prevention, to exercise in a fun way (with a WII), to be tutored as an enrichment or help with homework, and create a make/take healthy snack (low in sugar, cholesterol, high in nutrients). Those in attendance would receive a bag of groceries for their family for the weekend.