Early Childhood Special and General Education Dual Degree with Columbia School of Social Work - Bank Street College of Education

Early Childhood Special and General Education Dual Degree with Columbia School of Social Work from Bank Street College of Education is a Campus Master Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. This comprehensive program in Early Childhood Special and General Education allows you to earn both your master's degree in Education from Bank Street (46 credits) and your master's degree in Social Work (48 to 54 credits) from Columbia University School of Social Work for fewer credits than if you earned the degrees separately. The 46-credit Bank Street College portion of this dual degree program prepares you to work in educational settings and to understand the educational tools and perspective needed when working with children. It will provide you with the broad preparation you need if you wish to combine social work and education to meet the needs of students and their families. Our interdisciplinary approach and the Bank Street developmental-interaction philosophy of early childhood education will provide you with a framework to support the growth, development and learning of the whole child in the context of their family and community. In this curriculum-rich program, you will develop your own potential as an educator as you learn to create exciting ways to engage young children in active learning. Through studying the ongoing cycle of observation, assessment and instructional planning, you will be able to help young children realize their full functional and educational potential. You will learn to understand the relationships among culture, language and learning in families, communities, and educational program settings. Practical experiences will help you learn how to collaborate with families, other teachers and professionals in your work . You will discover ways to recognize and nurture individual learning styles and build home/school connections. The program prepares you to work as an advocate for children and their families in clinical practice, program planning, classroom settings, or school social work . View more details on Bank Street College of Education . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.