Teaching Childhood - Pace University - New York

Teaching Childhood from Pace University - New York is a Campus Master Early Childhood Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. If you are a career changer or a college graduate who wants to teach but does not have an undergraduate degree in education , this program will provide you with a solid foundation and an opportunity to gain the pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to become a successful classroom teacher. The Pace curriculum provides a focused exploration into the different ways that individuals learn, as well as practice adapting teaching methods to meet the needs of individual students. Student teaching options include a one-semester assignment or a full-year teaching internship. There are two tracks in the MST program: the Childhood (grades 1-6) track and the Adolescent (grades 7-12) track, on which a candidate selects a teaching specialty subject???biology, business education, chemistry, earth science, English, languages other than English, mathematics, physics, social science, or the visual arts. Faculty members include educators with elementary and secondary teaching expertise as well as experience as school principals, and many top professionals who have presented numerous conference papers and published books and professional articles about teaching. Graduates who pass the New York State Teacher Certification Exam will be eligible for initial teaching certification; students can qualify for certificate extensions in Bilingual Education , Middle Childhood Education, and Gifted Education with additional classes and field-based experience. Pace High School, a vanguard school opened in 2004, collaboratively sponsored and chartered by Pace University , the New Century High Schools Initiative, and the NYC Board of Education, is a great opportunity for local hands-on team-teaching internship experience. View more details on Pace University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Early Childhood Education courses.