Early Childhood B.A. – Teaching Emphasis - Licensure: Early Childhood Education (Ages Birth-8)

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

School of Teacher Education

McKee 216, Greeley, CO 80639

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Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education

 

Center for Urban Education

1059 Alton Way #758, Denver, CO 802030

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Website: www.unco.edu/urbaned

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.  

The program consists of three parts:

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. Early Childhood PTEP Credits

Program Description:

The Early Childhood Education Teacher Education Program is offered at the Greeley campus and the Center for Urban Education (CUE) at the Denver Center at Lowry. In addition to engaging coursework, students complete over 800 hours of fieldwork in a variety of birth through third grade settings.

Graduates possess a broad background of knowledge within liberal arts areas and the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to be successful in a variety of early childhood settings. Upon graduation, students are eligible for a Birth through Age Eight State of Colorado Teacher License that includes the right to teach grades kindergarten through age eight and Director Qualification.

Program Admission Requirements:

Academic Good Standing

PTEP Program Requirements:

Teacher candidates who complete an approved content degree and the UNC professional teacher education program, as well as pass the appropriate Colorado Department of Education designated PRAXIS exam (if applicable), will be eligible for recommendation from UNC for a Colorado Department of Education teaching license.

If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program.

• Completion of Application for Initial Admission to PTEP
• Completion of Full Admission to PTEP
• Completion of Application for Student Teaching
• Completion of content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
• Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
• All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
• Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
• Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
• Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.

Please work with your content advisor to determine when these requirements will be completed throughout your program.

Degree Requirements — 121-123 credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 6 credits

LAC area 5 - Social and Behavioral Sciences

SOC 120

Introduction to Family Studies

3

Note: Additional family courses in LAC area 5 can be approved and substituted by advisor.

LAC area - 7 International Studies

SPAN 103

Spanish for Professionals

3

Note: Additional Spanish language courses in LAC area 7 can be approved and substituted by advisor.

Remaining LAC — 34 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

2. Required Major — 36 credits

Take all of the following courses:

EDEC 101	Introduction to Early Childhood Education	3
EDEC 102	Introduction to Early Childhood Education Lab	3
EDEC 103	Guidance Strategies for Children	3
EDEC 205	Nutrition, Health, and Safety	3
EDEC 220	Curriculum Development: Methods and Techniques	3
EDEC 240	Administration of Early Childhood Care and Education Program	3
EDEC 241	Administration: Human Relations for Early Childhood	3
EDEC 315	Children's Literature for Early Childhood, Pre K to 3rd Grade	3
EDEC 330	Development and Education of Infants and Toddlers	3
EDEC 400	Child Development in Context (0-8 years)	3
ECLD 350	Teaching Young Bilingual Children	3
EDRD 319	Language and Literacy Development of Preschool and Elementary School Children	3

3. Early Childhood PTEP — 45-47 credits

Take all of the following courses:

EDEC 450	Family Diversity and Involvement Early Childhood Education	3
EDEC 455	Creative Expression and Play in Early Childhood	3
EDEC 475	Assessment for Primary Classrooms	3
EDRD 410	Achieving Effective Instruction in Developmental Reading	3
EDSE 431	Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education	3
ET 340	Integration of Technology into Content and Pedagogy	2

Additional Main Campus PTEP Requirements:

Includes an 80-hour internship.

Take the following course:

EDEC 360

School Programs for Young Children

3

Student Teaching

EDEC 490

Early Childhood Student Teaching

6-12

EDEC 490: Take 12 credit hours.

Take all of the following courses concurrently:

EDEC 463	Early Childhood Curriculum Social Studies	3
EDEC 464	Early Childhood Curriculum Language Arts	4
EDEC 465	Managing Early Childhood Classrooms	2
EDEC 480	Early Childhood Curriculum II Mathematics and Science	6

Additional Urban Education PTEP Requirements:

Take all of the following courses:

EDEC 361	School Programs for Young Children (CUE)	2
EDEC 461	Early Childhood Curriculum Language Arts	3
EDEC 463	Early Childhood Curriculum Social Studies	3
EDEC 465	Managing Early Childhood Classrooms	2
EDEC 480	Early Childhood Curriculum II Mathematics and Science	6
EDEC 490	Early Childhood Student Teaching	6-12
EDFE 170	Introduction to Field Based Experience	1- 3
EDFE 370	Advanced Field Based Experience	1- 3

EDFE 170: Must be taken for 3 credits; take for 3 semesters, 1 credit each semester.

EDFE 370: Must be taken for 3 credits; take for 3 semesters, 1 credit each semester.

EDEC 490: Must be taken for 6 credits.