CBE Programs
Shasta College is excited to launch our first competency-based education program in Fall 2025! Our campus will continue to work with faculty to identify additional certificates and associates programs to offer in a CBE format in the future.
- The ECE faculty have developed twenty-four, 1-unit competencies that align with the following traditional 3-unit ECE classes. Students will complete the aligned competencies in this order:
- ECE 17: Principles and Practices
- ECE 20: Intro to Curriculum
- ECE 9: Child, Growth, and Development
- ECE 2: Child, Family, and Community
- ECE 52: Guidance and Classroom Management Strategies
- ECE 28: Teaching in a Diverse Society
- ECE 7: Early Childhood Observation and Assessment
- ECE 8: Teaching Practicum for Young Children
- Online (mostly): All the competencies will be fully online, except for the 54-hour in-person practicum aligned with ECE 8. If you are currently employed in an early childhood education setting, your work hours may count towards the 54-hour practicum.
- Previously completed coursework: If you have already completed any of the above coursework (or equivalents from another college) with a grade of “B” or better, you will not be required to complete the aligned competencies for that course.
- What about other courses? At this point in time, these are the only ECE courses that are taught in a CBE format; the faculty is looking forward to developing more of their coursework for CBE in the future.
- Are there CBE GE classes? Shasta College is also working on developing general education coursework for CBE, but those will not be ready until 2026-27.
- If you complete the certificate and want to continue for an associate degree, you can discuss that with your CBE Counselor.
- They can help you complete your GE courses through our Accelerated College Education (ACE) program (8-week, online courses) or traditional full-semester courses.
- Who is this for?
- Our first cohort in Fall 2025 will have a limit of 25 students who are already working in an early childhood education setting.
- Priority for these spaces will go to students working in Shasta, Tehama, or Trinity Counties (Shasta College’s service region).
- In the future we expect to accommodate more students, as well as students who are not local to Shasta College.
More information: For more details, attend one of our Information Sessions in June!
If you are interested in participating in the new CBE ECE Certificate, please complete this interest form so we can communicate next steps to you. We encourage you to review the How to Become a CBE Student page as well.