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Campus Connection UMF Offers Four-Year ECE Degree at SMCC South Portland Campus The University of Maine at Farmington has begun offering classes in its Early Childhood Education Off-Campus Bachelor’s Degree Program on Southern Maine Community College’s South Portland campus. The program was created in partnership with SMCC’s Early Childhood Education department to make it easier for educators to complete a fouryear degree in early childhood education while continuing to live and work in southern Maine. According to Terri Petnov, chair of SMCC’s Early Childhood Education Department, this is the first time that a public institution has offered a fouryear degree in early childhood education in greater Portland for more than two decades. The demand for professionals in the field with bachelor’s degrees is growing, she said. Classes began on the SMCC campus on September 7, and will be taught on Friday evenings and Saturdays to provide working professionals with a practical schedule that best meets their needs. An associate’s degree in early childhood education or an equivalent, such as human services, arts and science with an early childhood concentration or child development is required for admission to the program. However, UMF staff members are available to review student transcripts to help determine if they meet eligibility requirements. Petnov noted that this collaboration would help the state by producing more early childhood professionals with a four-year degree. Often, a very real barrier to employment for parents is the lack of secure, consistent and developmentally appropriate childcare options. If the parents don’t have someone to care for their children, work is not an option. By placing more skilled, educated professionals into the market, UMF and SMCC will help increase those options. “Working with children and families requires a combination of knowledge and skilled practice. We started our associate program 18 years ago and have been teaching students how to provide a high-quality education for Maine families and children ever since,” Petnov said. “Through our collaboration with UMF, students can continue to live and work in their home community while working on their bachelor’s degree. These teachers are entrusted with the care and education of our children during the foundation years – we need the best and brightest people working with our youngest.” The new UMF offering on the SMCC campus is an outgrowth of similar collaborative efforts between UMF and University College in Bath and Kennebec Valley Community College. All courses are taught by full-time UMF faculty members and are offered using several delivery methods, including a blend of distance learning and traditional classroom settings. Tourism/Hospitality Continued from pg. 1 curricular themes of tourism and industry operations and an emphasis on real-world learning. “This is a great model of how public higher education and the private sector can work together so that more students have opportunities to earn an affordable, high-quality education and support a major industry important to the future of this state,” said USM President Theo Kalikow. “In this economic climate, all of us need to do all we can to make the best use of our intellectual and financial resources.” 8October 2011• Campus Connection • Your connection September to the 2012 SMCC • Campus community Connection • Your connection to the SMCC Community 8
Campus Learn how to enroll, meet Connection faculty from your program of interest, tour the campus, learn about student life and more! OPEN OUSE Staff from the following departments will be available: South Portland Campus Saturday, October 13 • 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Admissions Advising Athletics Campus Store Career/Transfer Disability Services Financial Aid Midcoast Campus in Brunswick Wednesday, October 17 • 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. Library Residence Life Student Activities Student Billing Tutoring Veterans Services For more information including directions visit www.smccME.edu/openhouse. October 2011• Campus Connection • Your connection to the SMCC community 9
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