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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Engage in hands-on learning that teaches you skills for any future job. You will create smiles while dabbling with play dough, music, games, and slime. You will experience how we develop while making connections with hundreds of preschoolers.Students are encouraged to develop leadership, social, civic and career skills that will be used in every industry. If you can manage a preschooler, you can manage anyone!
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IN PROGRAM PURSUITS
Here are some of the things you can look forward to while in the program:
WORK BASED LEARNING
Students gain real work experience every week as they rotate through all preschool classrooms. Be ready to observe, play and design age appropriate activities. Students will create sensory tables, learning kits and design playground activities or classroom lesson plans for preschoolers.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Internships
Industry Introductions and Connections
Field Trip Experiences
Job Placement
Competitions
PROJECTS
Real Care Baby simulation
Pregnancy Empathy Belly
Sensory Tables (created for preschool classrooms)
CLUBS & ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM
FCCLA- Family, Careers, and Community Leaders of America
CERTIFICATIONS
First Aid/CPR/AED
We offer students over 100 documented hours of real work experience in a pre-school. Interested students are on the path for working towards Certified Development Associate (CDA) and we become a solid reference for hard working students.
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