ENDORSEMENT PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION [P-3] CERTIFICATION: TEACHER OF PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 3
Coordinator: Carrie Lobman (848-932-0809; email: carrie.lobman@gse.rutgers.edu)
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Program Description: This 24-credit endorsement in Preschool-Grade 3 is available to individuals who hold a Standard Instructional Certificate or Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing (CEAS) in the state of New Jersey. Students already enrolled in a degree program at the GSE, who already possess a Standard or CEAS or are currently working toward initial teacher certification, may complete the endorsement program in conjunction with their degree program. In addition, nondegree-seeking students may complete the program on a nonmatriculated basis.
The program has three goals:
To prepare early childhood professionals to work in diverse settings with an understanding of the contexts in which children grow and develop;
To prepare teachers who are knowledgeable about children's learning and their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development; and
To foster an understanding of a variety of ways in which early childhood programs can be delivered to support the foundations of discipline-based knowledge in literacy, mathematics, science, and art.
Education Requirement:
05:300:304 (G) Art Across the Curriculum (3)
05:300:410 (G) Learning and Development in a Social Context: Preschool and Primary Years (3)
15:251:574 Integrated Curriculum with Young Children (3)
15:251:581 Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment (3)
15:253:540 Teaching English Language Learners (3) or 15:255:539 Students, Communities, and Social Justice (3)
15:295:521* Child, Family, and Community: Relationships in Development (3)
15:295:522* Cognition and Language Birth to Age 8: Normal Development and Implications for Risk and Disability (3)
15:299:514 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
G Course must be 300-level or above to count toward graduate credits. 300- and 400-level courses must be registered for with a G-prefix.
*These courses were previously 15:290.