ECED 2513 Child, Family and Community Relations Syllabus H01 Spring 2026

Mandated Reporter

State law mandates that workers in certain professions must make reports if they have reasonable cause to suspect abuse or neglect. In this instance mandated reporters include: School and Child Care Personnel: Teachers, school personnel, educational advocates assigned to a child pursuant to the School Code, truant officers, directors and staff assistants of day care centers and nursery schools, and child care workers.

Mandated reporters who make good faith reports have the same immunity from liability under the law as non-mandated reporters. However, a mandated reporter’s failure to report suspected instances of child abuse or neglect to DCFS constitutes a Class A misdemeanor; simply reporting suspicions to a superior does not satisfy legal requirements.

Course Policies

Attendance/Participation: Attendance in class is required. Class will meet weekly on Tuesday evening 4-5:15pm. Missing more than four classes could end up in a failing grade for the class. If a situation arises that may cause the student to miss class, communication is expected. This class is a hybrid format. Students are also expected to check in to the learning management system (LMS) -CANVAS regularly. All lectures, video lectures, learning videos, and assignments will be posted on the LMS

Late Assignment Policy

All assignments must be submitted by the posted due date and time. Assignments will close on the due date. Late work is not accepted unless a student has received prior approval to use a Bonus Late Pass.

Each student is granted three (3) Bonus Late Passes for the semester. A Bonus Late Pass allows a student to submit an assignment up to one week past the original due date without grade penalty. To use a Bonus Late Pass, the student must request via email and receive approval before the assignment’s due date. Requests submitted after the due date will not be approved.

Bonus Late Passes cannot be used retroactively.

Bonus Late Passes may not be used for the Resource Fair assignment. This assignment must be completed and submitted on time to receive credit.

Life circumstances can arise unexpectedly; however, students are expected to communicate proactively with the professor regarding any challenges that may impact their ability to complete coursework on time. If life situations arise and the student feels they cannot meet the deadlines, a meeting with the professor will be scheduled and support plans may be put in place.

Meeting deadlines is an essential professional skill in early childhood education, and students are expected to plan accordingly.

ECED Program Requirements: Basic laboratory experience is required or optional in many child development courses within the program. Specific tasks preformed in the lab setting will vary according to skills, interests and course requirements. Prior to initiating lab assignments and projects, Child Development Students must meet requirements for staff in child care facilities as outlined by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Child Care Facility Regulations: (1) High School diploma or its equivalent; (2) Must be able to pass DCFS Criminal Background Check; (3) a completed health form; and (4) a signed mandated reporter form. It is a student’s responsibility to make sure all requirements are current and on file with the program coordinator.

Early Childhood Academic Honesty Policy

Cheating: Cheating can take many forms in a classroom: copying or using another student’s work, using your own work from another class without my prior permission (i.e., not writing original work for this class), adjusting format to make papers appear longer, working in groups on individual assignments (whether openly or in secret), sharing or stealing answers for tests or assignments, etc. No form of cheating is acceptable. Cheating on an assignment will be taken seriously and discipline action will follow. Email me your favorite candy by January 17^th.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism is defined in section 17.6.B of the KCC Code of Conduct: “Taking, reproducing, and/or using as one’s own, without proper attribution, the ideas, writings, paraphrases, data, reports, graphic designs, or computer codes of published or unpublished work of another person in completing an academic assignment. Prohibited conduct may also include the unauthorized submission for credit of academic work that has been submitted for credit in another course.”

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:

• submitting someone else’s paper
• using published material, including materials published online, without proper attribution/citation
• paraphrasing or quoting someone without attributing the quote in your paper (that is, without providing an in-text citation) even if the source is included on the works cited page
• working with someone (without my permission) to write your paper & submitting it as your own

When in doubt, add the citation. You are expected to cite all sources of information. If you are in doubt, inquire with the faculty teaching the course or utilize KCC tutoring. In your ECED courses, you are expected to follow APA citation guidelines and formatting. 

Student Found to be in Violation of KCC Academic Honesty Policy: Students found to be in violations of KCC’s academic honesty policy will result in disciplinary action.

• The first instance of academic dishonesty or plagiarism the student will be given a zero, required to meet with the professor, given resources for the student success center, and allowed to redo the assignment after meeting with the professor. A verbal warning from Academic Affairs may go on the student’s recorder if the severity of the academic dishonesty warrants it.
• A second incident of academic dishonesty will result in a zero for the assignment with no opportunity to redo the assignment. The student will be required to meet with the professor to continue in the course. A verbal or written warning will be reported to Academic Affairs.

Additional incidences of academic dishonesty or failure to meet with the professor will result in course failure with no opportunity for the student to withdraw. The student will be reported to Academic Affairs and the incident of Academic Dishonesty will appear on the students record. Student found to be consistently violating the student code of conduct could potentially be suspended from the institution.

If a student utilizes AI in their assignment, they must include an acknowledgment specifying how AI was used. The use of AI should not make up more than 25% of the total assignment.

Code of Conduct

Students need to adhere to the Code of Conduct located in the college catalog.