| Course Type | Course Code | No. Of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Core | SVS1EC403 | 2 |
Semester and Year Offered: Semester-4, Winter-2019
Course Coordinator and Team: Dr Sunita Singh and Fariha Siddiqui
Email of course coordinator: fariha@aud.ac.in
Pre-requisites: The course focuses on the job role of supervisor (Level-6) in an early childhood centre. The course is meant to be offered to those who have specific knowledge and skills related to Day care facilitator (Level-5) offered in 1st year and skills of supervisors offered in semester-3 of the programme
Objectives:
The specific objectives of the course are to:
Course Outcomes:
After completing the course, students will be able to:
Brief description of modules/ Main modules:
Module 1: Understanding school-age children and working with families
This module will focus on the role of facilitators and their responsibilities in after school care programme. As future supervisors, students will also need to work with children of diverse age groups, build partnerships with parents and provide safe and healthy environment to children in after school programme.
Module 2: Engaging children
This module will focus on addressing needs of children of diverse age groups and engaging them efficiently after school. As supervisors, students will also learn to assess the program to identify the space needed for different activities, design spaces for different age-groups and activities and conduct activities
Assessment Details with weights:
Sl.No. | Assessment Type | Weightage |
1 | Written Assignment-1 | 30% |
2 | Written Assignment-2 | 30% |
3 | Term-end Exam | 30% |
4 | Class Participation | 10% |
Total | 100% | |
Reading List:
1. Ollhoff, L., Olhoff, J., & Newman, R. (2012).Keys to Quality: Afterschool Environments, Relationships, and Experiences: A Best Practices Guide. Harrisburg, PA: The Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality.Chapter 1 : Examining Perspectives on Out-of-school Time (pp. 1-18), Chapter-3 : Health and Safety (pp. 35-48), Chapter-4: Schedules, Programmes and Transitions (pp. 49-62), Chapter 5 : Using environments to support children (pp 63-76), Chapter-6 Using relationships to support children (pp 77-88) , and Chapter 8: Promoting Staff Collaboration, Creativity and Communication (pp. 101-112)
2. Click, P., & Parker, J. (2011). Caring for school-age children. Nelson Education.Chapter 1: Caregivers: Who are they? (pp. 3-18) ,Chapter 2: The children (pp. 19-36), Chapter 3: Families where children are nurtured (pp. 37-56),Chapter 10: Games and other fun things to do (pp. 199-224), Chapter 11: Imagination and the arts (pp. 225-246), Chapter 12: Science and math. (pp. 247-292), Chapter 15: Getting fit, staying fit. (pp. 341-362)
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