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.

Spring 2025 Orientation

In-Person Orientation

We’re sorry we missed you at our kickoff event in February! Our faculty and staff will host the next in-person event in September. In the meantime, you can complete your Smart Start orientation requirements online.

Complete Your Orientation Online

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