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2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Associate of Arts: Early Childhood Teacher Education


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Graduate Requirements for Students Seeking Early Childhood Education Licensure

A.  Institutional graduation requirements, including minimum number of hours and minimum grade average.  A transfer student who is seeking Early Childhood Education licensure will meet the same admission and graduation requirements as a native student, including enrollment in an approved teacher preparation program, and enrollment in the required courses for licensure recommendation.  A transfer student from a Colorado public community college who has earned an Associate of Arts (AA) degree as defined in this agreement will need to complete no more than 66 credits to earn the baccalaureate degree at the four-year institution (60 plus 66 transfer agreement).

B.  Universal transfer courses for the Early Childhood Education program.  A community college student who is planning to become an early childhood educator will sign a graduation plan at the community college that identifies the first 54 credit hours that are guaranteed to transfer to particular early childhood education programs that are offered by Colorado public institutions of higher education. See course listing.

To complete the AA graduation requirements, students who have completed or are currently enrolled in courses that will total the first 54 credits, will apply to a specific early childhood education program and be advised on the final 6 credits guaranteed to transfer.

All courses described herein are guaranteed to transfer into particular early childhood education programs upon admission. Students need not complete the AA or AS degree to transfer any or all of these courses.

C.  Second Year, Second Semester of Graduation Agreement (Final 6 Credit Hours). During the first semester of the student’s sophomore year (or the equivalent term when the student will complete the 54 credits outlined in the early childhood education graduation agreement) the student will sign an agreement for the final 6 credits hours that will be co-signed by both community college and the four-year college.

A signed agreement between a community college and a receiving four-year Institution only ensures that the remaining 6 credits are guaranteed to transfer upon admission to the receiving early childhood education program.

This agreement entitles the student to:

  • Advice from the four-year institution on the 6 credit hours that will be guaranteed to apply to the graduation requirements leading to an elementary education license.
  • A graduation plan that meets the community college’s Associate of Arts requirements and transfer of any credits earned at the four-year institution as meeting the AA graduation requirements.
  • Ability to enroll in selected courses offered at the four-year institution, including on-line or on-campus classes, if not available at the community college.

D.  A transfer student must apply and be successfully admitted to a school of education or the appropriate education program at the receiving four-year institution in order to complete the licensure program in early childhood education.

The Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Teacher Education is available at Colorado Mountain College in Aspen, Buena Vista, Edwards, Rifle, and Steamboat Springs. For more information, please see Academic Programs at Colorado Mountain College. Not every course is offered on every campus.

Learn more about the Early Childhood Teacher Education Program

A Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreement Program

The purpose of a statewide articulation agreement is to identify the courses a student at a Colorado public community college must complete as part of an AA/AS degree to be guaranteed to be able to complete the designated Baccalaureate degree program at any public four-year college and university (hereafter referred to as receiving institutions) that offers that program within the minimum number of credits designated by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.  For more information, please see the Colorado Department of Higher Education web site.

Students are strongly encouraged to seek academic advising prior to registration regarding the acceptability of online science courses if they anticipate transferring to a 4-year institution or completed graduate work in the sciences or health professions.  It should be noted that per Colorado Revised Statute, 23-1-125(1)(e), general education courses taken online are guaranteed to satisfy core course (gtPathways) requirements at all Colorado public institutions of higher education.

The guarantees and limitations below describe the minimum requirements to which all participating institutions have agreed.

General Education Requirements (35-36 credits)

Select a category to view the course options when specific courses are not listed.

 

Additional Required Courses (19 credits)

Electives (6 credits)

  •     Advised Electives  6.0 credits

Courses are determined by the receiving 4-year institution.
Please use the following link as a guide and consult with your receiving institution. Qualifying Courses that Satisfy Other 6 Elective Credit Hours

Total Credits Earned

General Education Requirements (35-36 credits)
Additional Required Courses (19 credits)
Electives (6 credits)
Total Credit Hours Applied to the AA in Early Childhood Teacher Education Degree (60-61 credits)

 

Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreement Guarantees & Limitations

The guarantees and limitations below describe the minimum requirements to which all participating institutions have agreed.

An appeal related to denial of transfer credits will follow the Colorado Commission on Higher Education student appeal process. An appeal may be filed at http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Complaints.
 

GUARANTEES

Students who complete an AA/AS degree and the prescribed curriculum in the articulation agreement and are admitted (with no academic deficiencies that require additional coursework) to a receiving institution participating in this agreement are guaranteed the following:

  • Junior standing with no more than 66 remaining credits to meet the graduation requirements for a baccalaureate degree in the degree program covered by this articulation agreement. * It should be noted that the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) granted a credits waiver to all teacher preparation programs to go up to 126 credits, at its April 1, 2004 meeting. Thus, this agreement may exceed the 60 credit cap for associate degrees and 120 credit cap for baccalaureate degrees.
  • The same graduation requirements as students who begin and complete this degree program at the receiving institution.

LIMITATIONS

  • Students completing the ECE statewide articulation agreement with MAT 155/156 and who later change to a major outside ECE will not receive the guaranteed completion of lower-division general education at the receiving 4-year institution, as MAT 155/156 are not gtPathways approved courses.
  • Completion of the curriculum prescribed within this statewide articulation agreement does not guarantee admission to a participating receiving institution. Students must meet all admission and application requirements at the receiving institution including the submission of all required documentation by stated deadlines. Please note: students transferring to a University of Colorado institution (Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver) must satisfy the CU System’s MAPS (Minimum Academic Preparation Standards) requirement. A transfer student must apply and be successfully admitted to a school of education or the appropriate education program at the receiving 4-year institution in order to complete the baccalaureate licensure program in early childhood education.
  • Only courses with grades of C- or higher are guaranteed to transfer.
  • Admission to a receiving institution does not guarantee enrollment in a specific degree program. Some programs at receiving institutions have controlled entry due either to space limitations or academic requirements.
  • The credit and course transfer guarantees described in this agreement apply to the specific degree program covered by this agreement. Receiving institutions will evaluate application of the courses designated in this agreement to other degree programs on a course-by-course basis.
  • Students who wish to use credits awarded by exam, such as AP (Advanced Placement), or IB (International Baccalaureate), to fulfill specific course requirements are responsible for consulting with the institution to which they are considering transferring to determine whether the credits they have been awarded by exam meet the standards of the receiving institution for specific course equivalents.
  • The receiving institution will accept all applicable credits earned within ten years of transfer to the receiving institution. Credits earned more than ten years earlier will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis.
  • All the courses a student needs to take in the discipline covered by this Articulation Agreement are listed in the Prescribed Curriculum. Any additional courses taken in the discipline covered by this Agreement may not count toward the requirements of the major at the receiving institution. Students can avoid this problem by either taking no more courses in the discipline than the ones identified in the Prescribed Curriculum or by consulting first with the receiving institution to assure that any additional courses they take in the discipline will count toward the major.
  • Courses with an EDU or ECE prefix generally do not transfer and will not apply to degree requirements outside of Elementary Education (EDU) or Early Childhood Education (ECE) degrees. Students who change their major at or after transfer may lose transfer credits toward the baccalaureate degree.

Because of the limitations above, students must consult with the Office of Admissions at the institution to which they are considering transferring.

Articulation Agreement Addendum

Students who do not complete an AA/AS degree can use the prescribed curriculum within this statewide transfer articulation agreement as a common advising guide for transfer to all public institutions that offer the designated baccalaureate degree program.

Please note the following:

  • Students are guaranteed application of completed gtPathways courses within the curriculum prescribed in this agreement up to the established maximum in each category.
  • Except in special cases (e.g., the partial completion of a required sequence of courses or variation in the number of credit hours institutions award for course equivalents), students can expect that courses specified within the prescribed curriculum in this agreement that are successfully completed with a C- or higher, will fulfill the relevant course requirements in the designated major.
  • Receiving institutions will evaluate all courses other than those specified in this agreement on a course-by-course basis.

Students transferring prior to completing the prescribed curriculum must consult with the Office of Admissions at the institution to which they are considering transferring to review the issues identified above and to make sure they meet all admission and application requirements at the receiving institution, including the submission of all required documentation by stated deadlines.

This agreement will remain in force until such time as it is formally modified or terminated.

Note:

◆ State Guaranteed Transfer Course

✽ Applies to CMC AA/AS/AGS Degrees

Not all programs/courses are available at every campus and may require travel to another campus or access via distance learning (IVS, hybrid, or online).

For more information see Degree & Certificate Descriptions & Requirements .

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