Early Childhood Classroom Teaching - Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)

Early Childhood Core (27 credits)

• TE 587 - Technology in Early Childhood 3 cr
• TE 590 - Early Childhood Education & Leadership 3 cr
• TE 591 - Assessing the Young Child 3 cr
• TE 592 - Early Childhood Curriculum 3 cr
• TE 595 - Infants and Toddlers 3 cr
• TE 596 - Literacy Development for Young Children 3 cr
• TE 597 - Young Child in Home/School/Community 3 cr
• TE 598 - Practicum Early Childhood Education 3 cr
• TE 693 - Methods in Early Childhood Special ED 3 cr

Electives

• TE 509 - Special Topics in Teacher Education 1-6 cr
• TE 563 - Advanced Motor Development 3 cr
• TE 582 - Language Dev in the Early Years Birth-8 3 cr
• TE 588 - Strategies Diverse Learners Early Chldhd 3 cr
• TE 593 - Math/Science Exper Young Chld (Pre K-3) 3 cr
• TE 599 - Individual Child Study 1-3 cr

Capstone (6 credits)

Must be taken in the last nine hours of the program.

• TE 610 - Professional & Inquiry in Early Child Ed 3 cr
• TE 611 - Research in Early Childhool Education 3 cr

Early Childhood Endorsement

An Early Childhood Endorsement for teaching children ages birth to age 8 is available for interested students who would like to add the “ZS” endorsement to their elementary education teaching certificate. An Early Childhood Endorsement is increasingly becoming a requirement for employment in private and public school districts for kindergarten, first, and second grades. Teachers of state funded four-year-old readiness programs in public schools must have an Early Childhood Endorsement. The Michigan State Board of Education recommends an endorsement for kindergarten. Candidates with a “ZS” endorsement will be able to teach in non-categorical early childhood special education (ECDD classrooms and B-3 home visiting programs). Please note this is not a Special Education K-12 endorsement. Interested candidates must schedule an appointment with a certification advisor in the College of Education to review course work and state testing requirements for the endorsement and discuss how this program will develop into the Master of Arts in Teaching degree.