Graduate Early Childhood
Graduate Early Childhood
2026 Spring Term
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: POLICY, LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY
EARLYCHD 786
The course focuses on how policy is constructed and addresses the critical roles that communication, advocacy, and ethics play as policy evolves. More specifically, the course will address: (i) the multiple venues and processes for creating public policies; (ii) different types of public ECEC funding; (iii) federal, state, and local policy roles; (iv) considerations of ethics and leadership from public policy and ECEC perspectives; (v) the development of policy advocacy communications skills; and (vi) the role or policy in creating equitable solutions in education. Students will recognize that the policy cycle depends on a network of complex interactions.
EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND ACTION RESEARCH
EARLYCHD 787
The course assists early childhood professionals in reading, analyzing, and evaluating early childhood education research. Participants will investigate current issues by way of action research, ethnographic, and qualitative inquiry techniques. Research proposals will be created that relate to practical policy settings (classrooms, schools, agencies, etc.).