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Course is designed to provide students with information and skills to function effectively within the family and within a changing, complex society. Students will develop basic life skills that promote a positive influence on quality of life. This foundation course is recommended as a prerequisite in multiple career pathways.

This course is designed to provide students with information and experiences in the occupational field of child care and guidance, management, and services. Upon completion of this course, students will have a better understanding of children and their development. Students will enhance employability skills that will be transferrable across all career pathways. Note: BHS Campus only.

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge that will help prepare them as future teachers. Upon completion of this course, a student should have a better understanding of the roles of the teacher in the profession, understand developmental characteristics of learners, identify teaching strategies, be creative in lesson delivery, and understand historical and current educational issues, policies, and practices. Note: NWACC fees apply. (Approximately $90)

Education Technology is a project-based course that introduces students to the role of technology in the classroom. Students will explore various technologies being used as digital learning tools in multiple modes of learning including online, face-to-face, and hybrid classroom environments. This course will expose students to the skills and strategies needed to integrate technology into the classroom, develop methods of digital communication and collaboration, support practices for digital citizenship, and reflect on their own performance in a digital environment. Students are expected to gain field experience by completing classroom observations with a licensed Arkansas teacher and complete a career certification. Note: NWACC fees apply. (Approximately $90)

Focus is given to acquiring the skills necessary to guide the physical, cognitive/intellectual, emotional, and social development of children. Students will assess developmental milestones related to pregnancy and prenatal development, stages of growth and development, and factors that influence child development. Students will examine child development and parenting theorists and evaluate resources for effective parenting. Note: NWACC fees apply for concurrent credit - approximately $90.