Picture a brighter future!

Now you can receive a bachelor’s degree and also be certified to teach children birth through age 8.

Even before your student teaching begins, you’ll take your methods courses at a local school and work in early childhood classrooms. This gives you the opportunity to apply what you’re learning in a real classroom with real children. By the time you graduate, you’ll know exactly what it’s like working with young children in schools. Another benefit: All our school sites are chosen for their excellent teachers and programs.

The value of a cohort

The Early Childhood Education Program is a cohort program that begins in the fall semester and continues for two years.

In the cohort setting, you proceed through the program with a group of students as focused and dedicated as you are.

Throughout your four semesters, you will observe and work with children in preschool and K-3 educational settings.

Your classes and work in preschool and K-3 educational settings complement each other, as theory and practice blend together for a perfect mix!

Your program of study: 

FOUNDATION COURSES

Schooling in America

Child development

Early Language Acquisition and Literacy development

Cultural Pluralism for Young Children

ADVANCED COURSES

Classroom Processes and Instruction

Children’s Literature, Birth – Age 8

Methods of Educational Assessment

Inclusive Education for students with diverse Abilities

Structured English Immersion

METHODS COURSES

Language Arts and Communication

Reading and Decoding

Science and Health

Math and Technology

Social Science and Multiculturalism

Fine Arts

STUDENT TEACHING

You’ll be in both preschool and K-2 classrooms.

Master the best ways to:

• Create developmentally appropriate and appealing learning environments for young children
• Reflect on your own teaching to create equitable learning for all students
• Design, plan, and implement early childhood instruction
• Modify instruction and learning environments based on the children in your classroom
• Develop and maintain communication with children’s family and community members

Download the brochure for this program (pdf, 176kb)

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