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Early Childhood Education

If you want to make a difference in the lives of young children and families, Salina Tech’s Early Childhood Education program is the place to start.

Through a combination of classroom learning and practice in local child care facilities, students will have an opportunity to learn about infant and toddler care, how to interact with young children, childhood nutrition, pre-school language and literacy, teaching children with special needs and more.

The program includes a variety of options, including a focus in Infant and Toddler Education, a focus on Pre- School Education, or combining the two for a certification in Early Childhood Education. Building on that foundation, students can also earn an Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education.

Research shows that the years before kindergarten are among the most important
in determining future outcomes, and graduates of Salina Tech’s Early Childhood
Education program will be improving lives for years to come.

You Will Learn

  • Recognize the developmental stages of early childhood development.

  • Learn to integrate the appropriate skills and strategies for young children with special needs’ education and care.

  • Apply techniques and methods for educating in areas of social, emotional, language, literacy, cognitive, motor, and creativity.

  • Build relationships that support children and their families in the community

  • Focus on the developmental needs through nutrition, health, and safety

  • Gain observation skills, plan developmentally appropriate lesson plans, and have hands-on opportunities to assist with young children

Careers

  • Childcare Centers: Infant-Toddler / Preschool

  • Home Childcare Provider

  • Early Head Start/Head Start

  • Teacher’s Assistant

  • Early Childhood Educator

Information

> Program Guide

> Spring 2022 Schedule 

Contact the ECE Enrollment Specialist with any questions, admissions requirements, or to set up program shadowing or tours.

Jennifer Callis

785-309-3120

jennifer.callis@salinatech.edu

Faculty

Callie Robinson earned her Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education from Cloud County Community College.

Mrs. Robinson has 13 years of experience in early childhood education settings. She has worked in preschool classroom setting as a teacher’s assistant for six years and then became a lead preschool teacher at Heartland Early Education for seven years. She joined the Salina Tech Early Childhood Education program as the full-time instructor in 2021.

callie.robinson@salinatech.edu | 785-309-3198

News

Salina Tech enrollment jumps 27%

Enrollment at Salina Area Technical College rose 27% in the fall of 2018 compared to the previous fall, according to information collected on September 20th for reporting to the Kansas Board of Regents. According to the [...]

Scholarships

Click here to check out our Scholarship page!

For more information about our completion, on-time graduation rates, cost, placement rates, and median debt incurred, please go to KSDegreestats.org. You may also compare programs at various Kansas colleges there.

Salina Area Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, military service, or any other non-merit based factor in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title VII, ADA, Title IX, Section 504, Title II, GINA, is directed to contact the Vice President of Student Services, 2562 Centennial Rd, Salina, KS 67401, 785-309-3100.

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