Early Childhood Education - Miami University - Oxford

Early Childhood Education from Miami University - Oxford is a Campus Bachelor Early Childhood Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. What is Early Childhood Education? Early Childhood Education licenses you to teach pre-kindergarten through grade 3. Miami's early childhood education program appeals to many students because it is a four-year certification program as opposed to a five-year plan that some universities offer. What are the features of Miami's program? Top ranking For nearly a century, Miami University has been offering programs to prepare teachers for the classroom. Today's preparation focuses on meeting the needs of contemporary schools, families, and communities. Our teacher education programs are widely recognized for their quality, and teacher education ranks among the top 10 programs at Miami for the number of majors. Extensive classroom experience Our teacher education program gives you more classroom experiences than most programs at other universities. Early in your second year, you get a feel for teaching by spending time in school classrooms. In methodology of teaching classes, you spend a quarter of the term in schools, working directly with teachers. And during the semester of student teaching , you are regularly visited by a Miami student-teaching supervisor for consultation and guidance. Professional education sequence Teaching requires such knowledge as the characteristics of learners, social structures of schools, families and communities, assessment techniques, classroom practices, law, statistics, electronic support systems, curriculum, and resources. In the professional education sequence, you investigate this knowledge and combine it with extensive experiences in a variety of schools. As you progress through the professional education sequence, you spend increasing time with experienced teachers in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural schools. Your experiences will range from helping individual students in the schools to being responsible for an entire classroom of students. Teaching licensure Miami's Department of Teacher Education is fully accredited by the Ohio Department of Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education . While Miami participates in licensure of teachers through an interstate agreement, if you are planning to teach in another state, you should contact that state's certification office so you can apply for certification or licensure in that state. View more details on Miami University - Oxford, OH . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Early Childhood Education courses.