Early Childhood Education

SAT and/or ACT minimum scores to be waived from placement testing:

• SAT: Prior to March 2016: 500 in Math and/or 450 in Critical Reading or Writing 
• SAT: March 2016 and later: 530 in Math and/or 26 in Writing Language, 25 in Reading or 510 in Evidence Based Reading/Writing 
• ACT: 18 in Math and/or 21 in English, or 47 in English & Reading combined. 
• GED: 165 in GED Math Reasoning Test / 165 GED Reasoning Language Arts Test
   

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CLEP (College Level Examination Program) information and testing at NVCC

What is the difference between an Official and Unofficial transcript?

Official transcripts are prepared by a college bearing their official seal and provided in a sealed envelope.  If the envelope is opened by anyone other than an official at the receiving college, it is no longer considered official.

Unofficial transcripts is a record of college classes taken including grades received.  The document can be produced by the college or student, but does not have a raised college seal.  It may also be a transcript that bears the official seal, but is not in the original sealed envelope. These transcripts can be emailed or faxed to NVCC.

How do I know what kind of transcript is needed?

To Waive Placement Testing or Prerequisite Requirements (Unofficial transcript accepted)
Unofficial college transcripts may be submitted to waive placement testing and prerequisite requirements. Contact the respective college to request your transcript. These transcripts may be emailed to nvcc@nv.edu or faxed to 203-596-8766.

To transfer credits to NVCC (Official transcript needed)
An official college transcript is required to assess if your courses are eligible for transfer towards your NVCC degree or certificate. Contact the respective college to request your official transcript or CollegeBoard.org to transfer AP credits. Transcripts are only considered official when received in the original sealed envelope. Transcripts may be sent from the college directly to the Admissions Office. 

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Admissions, Room K502
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708 

Please note: Official college transcripts may also be used to waive placement testing or prerequisite requirements.

What if my college credits were earned overseas?

If your college credits were earned overseas, you must get your transcripts professionally evaluated in order for transfer credits to be considered.  Choose one of these evaluation services to assist you with the process.
 

What is the difference between an Official and Unofficial transcript?

Official transcripts are prepared by a college bearing their official seal and provided in a sealed envelope.  If the envelope is opened by anyone other than an official at the receiving college, it is no longer considered official.

Unofficial transcripts is a record of college classes taken including grades received.  The document can be produced by the college or student, but does not have a raised college seal.  It may also be a transcript that bears the official seal, but is not in the original sealed envelope. These transcripts can be emailed or faxed to NVCC.

How do I know what kind of transcript is needed?

To Waive Placement Testing or Prerequisite Requirements (Unofficial transcript accepted)
Unofficial college transcripts may be submitted to waive placement testing and prerequisite requirements. Contact the respective college to request your transcript. These transcripts may be emailed to nvcc@nv.edu or faxed to 203-596-8766.

To transfer credits to NVCC (Official transcript needed)
An official college transcript is required to assess if your courses are eligible for transfer towards your NVCC degree or certificate. Contact the respective college to request your official transcript or CollegeBoard.org to transfer AP credits. Transcripts are only considered official when received in the original sealed envelope. Transcripts may be sent from the college directly to the Admissions Office. 

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Admissions, Room K502
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708 

Please note: Official college transcripts may also be used to waive placement testing or prerequisite requirements.

Proof of Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Immunity (NEW REQUIREMENTS)

For students born after December 31, 1956: Connecticut State Law requires that all full-time (degree seeking and non-degree/non-matriculating) and part-time matriculating students enrolled in post-secondary schools be adequately protected against measles, mumps and rubella. Beginning August 1, 2010 all full-time and matriculating students, except those born in the continental United States prior to January 1, 1980 must provide proof of immunization against Varicella (chicken pox). Student must have two (2) doses of each vaccine administered at least one (1) month apart to insure adequate immunization.

Download the Proof of Immunization Form.

The following proof will be accepted:

• a physician’s statement indicating date of vaccination
• laboratory evidence (blood test) demonstrating immunity
• a copy of a primary/secondary school health record showing dates of immunization(s)

F-1 visa students applying from overseas:
Schedule an exam at www.toefl.org or www.ielts.org.

Students already in Connecticut may choose to take the Accuplacer instead. 

History

The Center for Early Childhood Education at NVCC, which was then Mattatuck Community College, opened its doors in January 1977 to provide a training laboratory for early childhood education majors at the college as well as a quality educational environment for young children ages 3 - 6.

Initial set-up

The initial set-up of the center included one large preschool and a toddler classroom. Today there are three classrooms, including two preschools, one with an integrated Kindergarten component, a toddler class.

Enrollment

The enrollment of the center includes children of staff, faculty, students and the local community.

School readiness

In 1998, the Center for Early Childhood Education at NVCC received a school readiness grant from the state of Connecticut, expanding it’s role in the community through collaboration with the Waterbury School System. There are currently 20 full-time slots and two part-time slots designated under the umbrella of Waterbury School Readiness.

Model school

The Center has evolved through the years to become a nationally accredited, high-quality model school that serves as the training ground for approximately 40 early childhood education students per year as well as students in other related disciplines, such as psychology, English and nursing.

Reggio Emilia approach

The Center is the only training facility in the state to incorporate the Reggio Emilia approach into its teacher preparation program as well as fully utilize the approach in the classrooms with young children.

High-interest, in-depth studies that encompass a variety of learning and embedded curriculum and assessment are considered the Project Approach.

THE HUNDRED LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN

Reggio Emilia Italia

No Way. The hundred is there.*

The child

is made of one hundred.

The child has a hundred languages

a hundred hands

a hundred thoughts

a hundred ways of thinking

of playing, of speaking.

A hundred always a hundred

ways of listening

of marveling of loving

a hundred joys

for singing and understanding

a hundred worlds

to discover

a hundred wolds

to invent

a hundred worlds

to dream.

The child has

a hundred languages

(and a hundred, hundred, hundred more)

but they steal ninety-nine.

The school and the culture

separate the head from the body.

They tell the child:

to think without hands

to do without head

to listen and not to speak

to understand without joy

to love and to marvel

only at Easter and Christmas.

They tell the child:

to discover the world already there

and of the hundred

they steal ninety-nine.

They tell the child:

that work and play

reality and fantasy

science and imagination

sky and earth

reason and dream

are things

that do not belong together.

And thus they tell the child

that the hundred is not there.

The child says:

No way. The hundred is there.

                    -Loris Malaguzzi

                     *Translated by Lella Gandini

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