蜜桃AV Offered:听AA
Program Begins:听Fall, Summer
Delivery Method:听Online, On Campus
Phone:听701-224-5486
Email:听bsc.has@bismarckstate.edu
Description
A BSC degree in Early Childhood Education offers the reward of making a life-long difference in the lives of thousands of children. This specialty prepares students for administration and teaching positions in childcare, preschool, Head Start, and after school programs. BSC offers coursework for transfer to an early childhood education program at a four-year institution.
In this field-based transfer program, students will immerse themselves in coursework that is immediately applied to early childhood settings. Students will earn the optional Title I Paraprofessional certification from the state and ND substitute teaching license prior to transfer.
Preparation
Early childhood educators typically work with children birth through 8 years听of age听(or grade 3) and generally enjoy small children. Some four-year programs offer teacher licensure opportunities up to third grade. Individuals considering this field should be creative, energetic, dependable, resourceful, and patient, possess good communication skills, and enjoy being directly involved in the educational and emotional development of children. Suggested high school classes include basic academics such as English, mathematics, science, and technology. Participation in arts activities is beneficial.
Requirements
Students who complete the suggested curriculum earn a听Liberal Arts -听Associate in Arts degree.
蜜桃AV collaborates through articulation agreements with North Dakota postsecondary听institutions directing students to the best pathways of degree completion.听While BSC offers its own BAS in in tandem with partner institutions for teaching licensure, students may elect to transfer to other NDUS institutions and can expect to earn entry into a four-year education program.
Most bachelor degree granting teachers鈥� education programs have degree plans uniquely established within their own accreditation. As such, it is extremely important for prospective education students to work with their BSC advisor to more fully understand these unique requirements and how best they may be completed through their enrollment at BSC.听As a requirement for entry into any four-year teacher preparation program, students must pass either the Praxis Core Skills Tests for Educators in Reading, Writing, & Math听鈥搊r鈥� show competency in these areas through alternative means defined by their transfer university.
Before meeting with your advisor, students should perform the following tasks:
- Decide which school they plan to transfer to pursue their four-year education degree?
- Contact the transfer school and inquire about the application procedures for the program.
- Obtain a specific list of the requirements for program entry including which courses will be required for entry into the program, the GPA requirements for program entry, and which courses will transfer into the schools program.
- After gathering this information, students should schedule a meeting with their assigned advisor, bring their obtained information, and together a plan will be put together for completion and preparation for transfer.
Career Opportunities
蜜桃AV in early childhood education can be specialized to individual interests. Most opt for teaching, but opportunities are available as a childcare professional in a day care facility, a business owner with a focus on early childhood development, child development researcher, and child development professor at a college or university.
Career Possibilities: Preschool or elementary teacher, child care administrator/director, family services worker, nutritionist, human resources specialist, social services coordinator, home visitor, parent educator, resource specialist, licensing analyst, disabilities specialist, nanny, playground aide, coach.