Child Development & Education Smart Start

Explore career paths in the fields of child development and education. Meet with faculty and staff, as well as community partners and transfer universities.

Smart Start Child Development & Education Orientation

As a Child Development and Education major, you must complete the Child Development and Education Smart Start before enrolling next semester. All students can, even if you are exploring the education field.

Fall 2025 Orientation

Online Smart Start

We're sorry we missed you at our kick off event! Don't worry though, you can still complete your Smart Start by doing our online version. This will take you through TCC's pathways in Child Development and Education.

Complete Online Smart Start

Child Development Program Sheets

Contact Your Academic Advisor

If you have questions or concerns email your assigned academic advisor or academicadvising@tulsacc.edu.

You can find your assigned academic advisor through Starfish:

  1. Log in to Starfish
  2. From My Success Network, click the triangle beside my name, then select Schedule Appointment
  3. Select the type of appointment, adjust the date range as needed to find days and times that work for your schedule, then select a time from the list.
  4. Complete your sign up by choosing your location (in-person, phone or virtual appointment) and add a description of why you want to meet
  5. Click confirm to finish scheduling the appointment