幼儿教育硕士

立博体育官网项目

Our program focuses on using an integrated model to prepare students to work with families, 为儿童提供包容性服务, 并与其他行业专业人士合作. 教师将具备在公立和私立学校工作的技能, 儿童保育中心, 以及针对出生至8岁儿童的社区项目.

我们的硕士课程提供了许多好处:

• 跨学科选修课 促进教师的全面准备 和 儿童早期发展的知识
• 方便,便宜 夜校提供面对面和在线授课
• 严谨的专业准备 includes theory, fieldwork, student teaching, 和 internships at community partner schools
• 学习的重点是整个幼儿期 从婴儿到8岁
• Coursework Integrates underst和ing of typical 和 atypical child development 让学生准备好教不同学习范围的孩子
• 在幼儿时期，学位决定了不同的职业 or 康涅狄格教师证书 重点是从出生到幼儿园或学前班到三年级

获得学位的途径

我们提供三种攻读硕士学位的途径:

1. 认证: An initial certification program for the individual who holds a bachelor’s degree 和 wishes to prepare for entry into the teaching profession as a certified early childhood teacher. Students select an endorsement area of birth through kindergarten or pre-k through grade 3. 认证是综合出生到幼儿园. 认证需要学生教学, 哪一个项目需要在接近项目结束时投入一整天的时间.
2. Non-certification: A non-initial certification option for someone who is already a certified teacher, or who may desire to teach or is already teaching in the private sector or community programs. While you may not need or desire state certification as an early childhood teacher, you may benefit from the curriculum content 和 graduate-level electives to further your professional career. 这个选项还包括一个18学分 Cross-Endorsement program for individuals holding an initial teaching license who wish to obtain a cross-endorsement in early childhood education.
3. A 蒙特梭利浓度 that combines Association Montessori 国际e (AMI) teacher training with a graduate degree. 的 program is a partnership between the 立博体育官网 和 the Montessori Training Center Northeast (MTCNE). This program is for students who are currently enrolled in or have completed an AMI teacher training program within the past five years. 点击这里了解更多.

课程

Central to early childhood education is knowing the individual child in the context of family, 学校和社区. 这种对孩子的了解加上对发展的关注 引导教师进行有针对性的差异化教学. 能够与有困难的学生一起工作 特殊需要完全融入了课程. 这个项目的目标是发展 early childhood teachers as reflective practitioners who integrate underst和ing of their 内容领域，他们的学生，当前的研究和教育学理论.

个性化课程包括:

• 学习与发展理论
• 课程知识和有效的教学策略
• 了解学生的文化和多样化需求
• 技术集成
• 技能在评估和实施中的应用
• 评估有效的教育计划

以下是该计划提供的课程样本.  有关完整的课程和课程描述，请参阅下面的链接.

入学

的 following application materials must be filed for applicants seeking the master's degree in education with an early childhood education emphasis:

• 所有专上院校的正式成绩单;
• 两封专业或学术来源的推荐信;
• completed 立博体育官网 application for graduate study 和 application fee;
• 说明申请入学理由的意向书;
• a résumé outlining related education 和 professional experience; 和
• Taking the Praxis Core (formerly Praxis I) academic skills assessment or the SAT (administered after 2005) is required for prospective teachers by the Connecticut State 教育部. 请提交测试结果作为完整申请的一部分.

对于那些追求 蒙特梭利浓度, evidence of enrollment in or graduation from the Montessori Training Center Northeast.

点击这里了解更多的要求 国际申请者.

截止日期

入学 into the MEd with an early childhood education concentration can occur for the fall, 春天, 或者夏季学期.

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认证

认证和康涅狄格州认证

认证 programs in the 教育、护理和卫生专业学院 are accredited based on the National Council for 认证 of Teacher Education (NCATE) through the 制定 认证 System (制定)，以及康涅狄格州教育部. 的 Educational Testing Service's Praxis II exam is utilized for certification of teachers in Connecticut. 看到 通过率.

专业执照披露

访问 其他州的教育工作者 查看康涅狄格州教育部互惠协议. 的 NASDTEC网站 详细说明州际互惠协议.