Early Childhood Education
Overview
Bloomfield offers an undergraduate program in Early Childhood Education that prepares you to teach students from diverse backgrounds, cultures and communities in preschool through grade 3 classrooms.
Please review the recommended sequence of courses.
Fast Facts
- Preschool and elementary school teacher positions are expected to grow due to a continued focus on early childhood education. (source: bls.gov)
- Bloomfield College education students have been chosen as nominees for impressive state awards.
- Students receive clinical experiences with students from preschool through grade 3 to help them apply what they have learned to real-world situations in schools.
- Bloomfield College education students have interned at such places as Walt Disney World.
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Bloomfield offers an undergraduate program in Early Childhood Education that prepares you to teach students from diverse backgrounds, cultures and communities in preschool through grade 3 classrooms.
Please review the recommended sequence of courses.
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A preschool teacher: Median income $28,790 per year. Preschool teachers educate and care for children under five years of age who have not yet entered kindergarten. They teach reading, writing, science and other subjects in a way that young children can understand.
Requirements
Early Childhood Education
Division
Program Type
Roadmap
Early Childhood Education Recommended Series of Courses
AT BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE EACH COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 4 CREDITS, .5 COURSE UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO 2 CREDITS.
FOUR (4) GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES MUST BE TAKEN AT THE 200 LEVEL OR HIGHER
TWO (2) WRITING INTENSIVE COURSES ARE REQUIRED
Courses
Faculty
- B.S.,M.A.,Seton Hall University.
- B.A.,M.A.,Ed.D.,Saint Peter's University.
- M.A.William Paterson University
- Ed.D.St. Peters College
- B.S.,University of Massachusetts;
- M.A.,Emerson College;
- Ph.D.,Old Dominion University.
- B.A., M.S.,Queens College, City University of New York;
- Ph.D.,New York University.
Program Learning Goals (PLGs)
- Apply their knowledge of the learner and learning at the appropriate progression levels by applying critical concepts and principles of learner development, learning differences, and creating safe and supportive learning environments in order to work effectively with diverse P-12 students and their families.
- Apply their knowledge of content at the appropriate progression levels by knowing central concepts of their content area and being able to apply the content in developing equitable and inclusive learning experiences for diverse P-12 students.
- Apply their knowledge of InTASC standards relating to instructional practice at the appropriate progression levels by assessing, planning for instruction and utilizing a variety of instructional strategies to provide equitable and inclusive learning experiences for diverse P-12 students.
- Model and apply national or state approved technology standards to engage and improve learning for all students.
- Apply their knowledge of professional responsibility at the appropriate progression levels by engaging in professional learning, acting ethically taking responsibility for student learning, and collaborating with others to work effectively with diverse P-12 students and their families.