ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Public Affairs Classes

Spring 2018 | PA 5413 Section 001: Early Childhood and Public Policy (54878)

Instructor(s): Momoko Hayakawa
Nicole Smerillo
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Wed 06:00PM - 08:45PM

UMTC, West Bank

Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
Enrollment Status:: Open (7 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:

State/federal/int'l policies/legislation touching first 5 years of child's life. Family, community, institutional roles in promoting children's social/cognitive/emotional development. Health, mental health, poverty, special needs, economic/social justice. Part of Early Childhood Pol cert. prereq: Grad or instr consent

Class Notes:

This is the cornerstone course for the Early Childhood Policy certificate at the U of M (http://www.hhh.umn.edu/degrees/certificate/EarlyChildhoodPolicy.html). See ClassInfo for more information about 5413: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hayak006+PA5413+Spring2018 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?nsmerill+PA5413+Spring2018

Class Description:

PA 5431 Early childhood and public policy will be taught in Spring 2017 by Dr. Momo Hayakawa and Nicole Smerillo, MPP.

Dr. Momo Hayakawa is a Research Associate with Twin Cities PBS, where she directs research related to the development of a new superhero cartoon and K-2nd STEM curriculum that integrates science content aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Prior to Twin Cities PBS, she was the Project Manager of the Child-Parent Center Expansion program, implementing and evaluating the Prek-3 educational intervention. She earned her Ph.D. in Child Development from the University of Minnesota.

Nicole Smerillo has a MPP from the Humphrey School and a certificate from the early childhood policy program. She is currently a Senior Research Analyst with HCRC, also pursuing her PhD in Education Policy and Leadership in OLPD at the UMN. Her research involves short and long term impacts of high quality PreK-3rd grade programs.

Grading:

Standard University of Minnesota grading policies will be in effect. All grading will be based on a rubric that will be presented to students at the time of the assignment. Per the syllabus, grading will be based on in-class participation, on-line discussion assignments, reflection papers on current policy topics, assignments, and the final paper.

Exam Format:

Final paper and final quiz.

Class Format:

The course structure will be a mix of lecture, group discussions, weekly guest speakers, and student facilitations. Momo and Nicole will switch off teaching throughout the semester. Active learning strategies will be employed to increase student engagement.

Workload:

Students are expected to complete reading assignments on time, participate in on-line and in-person discussions, reflections, and attend all classes regularly.

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54878/1183

Past Syllabi:

http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/hayak006_nsmerill_PA5413_Spring2016.pdf (Spring 2016)

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

4 December 2017

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