幼儿教育专业.A.

关于本项目

作为密歇根州立大学丹佛分校幼儿教育专业的学生, 你将学会关心, 与孩子们一起教学和工作, 从出生到8岁. 在这个节目中, 你将探索儿童的发展, 语言和读写能力, 科学, 技术, 创造力, 数学, trauma-informed and equity-focused teaching alongside other future teachers from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.

Here you will work with faculty made up of experienced preschool and early-elementary teachers, 领导和主管仍然活跃在联邦, 国家, 州和地方委员会以及相关机构. 你们的教员正在帮助了解当前的趋势, policies and practices in the ECE profession by conducting research, 在全国和地方演讲, 与地区和中心合作. This excellent faculty bring all of that knowledge and experience to your class content.

Small class sizes enable you to develop lasting support networks of peers and receive the individual attention you deserve while gaining practical experience and relevant real-world knowledge to become a professional, 知识渊博的, 和一个真正的幼儿教育家.

在皇冠体育官网获得学位的好处

作为幼儿教育专业的学生, you can choose from two concentrations: one that leads to recommendation for Colorado Department of Education Teacher Licensure for birth through age 8, 一个是早期学习专业化.

毕业时间(任意专业), you will meet Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early childhood requirements for 儿童早期 Teacher, 托儿中心主任, COShines Professional Level II或III. You will also receive an 密歇根州立大学丹佛 certificate of completion in Trauma-Informed and Equity Practices. 在许可证集中, you will complete student teaching and the Praxis exams to also qualify to teach in 公共 schools pre-kindergarten through third grade.

Additionally, in our 教育学院 programs, you will experience:

• 多元化的学生群体
• 引人入胜的专题课程
• 支持ive faculty and staff who value diversity, equity and inclusion
• Clinical experiences in partnership schools across the 丹佛 metro area throughout your program
• 令人难以置信的价值

毕业生的就业机会

儿童早期 Education majors at Metropolitan State University of 丹佛 are prepared to teach and work in a wide variety of environments. 这些设置包括城市, 农村, 公共, private and charter schools and centers; informal education settings; and state-licensing, 政策倡导和非营利组织.

Most 密歇根州立大学丹佛 儿童早期 Education students graduate to become 公共 school teachers at the level of pre-kindergarten through third grade. Others go to work as teachers or directors in childcare centers, 成为牌照代理商, 或者在政府机构工作, 非营利组织.

根据美国.S. 2018年美国劳工部劳工统计局公布的数据, the median childcare and teaching pay in Colorado varied widely. For childcare workers, the average was $28,700/year, about $2,000 more than the 国家 average. 幼儿教师, 平均为33美元,140 /年, and for elementary school kindergarten teachers was $50,020 /年.  Preschool and Childcare Administrators earned an average salary of $52,160/year.

根据科罗拉多州教育部的说法, the average of all teacher salaries in the state in 2020 was $58,219.

特色教师

Dr. Rosemarie艾伦

Dr. Rosemarie艾伦 has served as a leader in early childhood education for over 30 years. Her life’s work is centered on ensuring children have access to high quality early childhood programs that are developmentally and culturally appropriate. Her classes are focused on ensuring teachers are aware of how issues of equity, 特权, 权力影响教学实践. Rosemarie has also served as the Director of the Division of Child Care for Colorado Department of Human Services.

罗斯玛丽是一位受人尊敬的主讲人, 种族平等陈述, 文化响应实践, 文化能力, Micro-Aggressions, 种族比例失调, 特权, 权力和交叉性, 等. She also has the distinct honor of being appointed as a “Global Leader” to represent the United States at World Conferences across the globe. 罗斯玛丽获得了B. A. 来自加州州立大学, 莱斯利大学教育学硕士学位, and Doctorate in Leadership for Equity in Education at the University of Colorado, 丹佛.

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Dr. 布兰登·吉尔伯特

Dr. 布兰登·吉尔伯特 received his doctorate in education from DePaul University with a concentration in early childhood studies. His research examines how preschoolers articulate learning through various art mediums. Dr. Gilbert’s service as an early childhood lead teacher spans over sixteen years, 在芝加哥的城市社区教书, 布鲁克林和哈莱姆, 纽约. He understands that early childhood education is one of the most intellectually demanding fields of service. Being able to provide the individual needs of an entire early childhood classroom is an enormous responsibility. Dr. Gilbert promotes a holistic philosophy that acknowledged children’s sense of self, 的声音, 以及创造能力.

认证

All 教育学院 teacher licensure programs are authorized by the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

ECE coursework is also aligned with the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) most recent professional development standards and the Colorado 儿童早期 Educators and Administrators Competencies.