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WSCC’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) mission uses the synonym ACES. This stands for Advocacy (A), Core Abilities (C), Ethics (E), and Standards (S).  Our philosophy statement is WSCC ACES the pulse of ECE.   

Currently, WSCC’s ECE Strategic Objectives, in relationship to the community we serve include:

  1. Provide professional development, education/training, and resources for those who are, or futuristically, want to work with young children and their families.
  2. Value and respect diverse perspectives to generate new knowledge and understanding of issues affecting the education and development of young children and their families.
  3. Follow and implement NAEYC’s guidelines for initial standards for teacher preparation to promote excellence in early childhood education settings and agencies
  4. Advocate and build public policies, understanding, and support for a comprehensive high-quality system for teacher preparation.

The Associates for Applied Arts & Science Early Childhood Education at West Shore Community College is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.The current accreditation term runs from July 2017 through September 2023

WSCC's ECE program is NAEYC accredited. What does it mean to be NAEYC accredited? Here is a quote directly from NAEYC themselves:

"Programs that earn accreditation have demonstrated that they meet a set of national standards—agreed on by experts in the early childhood field—to ensure students graduate with the knowledge and skills all early childhood professionals should possess. The NAEYC Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs is the body that grants NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation to U.S. programs at the associate, baccalaureate, and master's degree levels that prepare students to work in the field of early childhood."

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Academic Year
Number of program completers
% of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion)
% of program completers who were attending part-time[1] (at the time of completion)
2021-2022
10
25
80
2020-2021
8
25
75
2019-2020
4
50
50
2018-2019
11
27
73
17-18
11
0
100
16-17
6
33
67
15-16
3
0
100
Academic year in which a Fall cohort of full-time students enrolled at the institution (select three sequential years)
Percentage of those students who completed the program within 150% of the published timeframe
Percentage of those students who completed the program within 100%, 200% (twice) or 300% (three times) of the published timeframe (Please circle or underline the indicator above on which the program will report.)
2019-2020 (5 FT Students)
50
50
2017-2018 (5 FT Students)
20
20
2016-2017 (2 FT Students)
50
50
2015-2016 (1 FT Student)
0
0
14-15
33
33
13-14
50
50
12-13
0
0
11-12
66
66
Academic Year
Outcome Measure
Performance Data
2021-2022
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.54
2020-2021
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.49
2019-2020
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.73
2018-2019
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.48
17-18
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.48
16-17
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.43
15-16
Avg GPA ECE Graduates
3.32
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