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The rich heritage of The Teachers College at ESU, along with the national presence of The Renaissance Group and Jones Institute for Excellence in Education, will make your degree more valuable.

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Graduate Degree in Early Childhood Education

Why a Graduate Degree in Early Childhood Education at ESU?

  1. You will benefit from small classes scheduled to meet needs of the teaching professional.

  2. Our faculty get to know you personally and care about your progress.

  3. You will learn national standards of the discipline, as well as how to be a curriculum and program specialist.

  4. You will learn how to collaborate with special services personnel to advocate for your students.

  5. You have the option of either Early Childhood Special Education or Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction; both result in teacher certification in the respective disciplines.
 

For More Details About a Graduate Degree in Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood/Elementary Teacher Education
Campus Box 4037
Emporia State University
1200 Commercial St.
Emporia, KS 66801-5087
620-341-5445
Web site: www.emporia.edu/earlychd/ecgrad.htm
AA/EOE

"The courses challenged me to do my best on strategies that I could use the next day in my class. This program helped me become an effective teacher. I not only got my master's, but I also earned state certification in Early Childhood Education."

-- Tena Cassity
Burlington, Kansas

A Career in Early Childhood Education

This degree will expand your career options in: Public school education Corporate child care Curriculum specialization Center directorship

Newsweek's Career 2000 guide, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and the U.S. News & World Report all claim teachers will be in demand for the next decade.

Many positions in early childhood special education in the public schools are unfilled. Special education, according to Newsweek's Career 2000, will be one of the teaching fields of highest demand until the year 2006.

According to the Kansas Occupational Outlook Handbook, the number of jobs in the preschool and educational services field are projected to increase by 36 percent by the year 2005. The number of special education jobs in Kansas is expected to increase by 33 percent over the same time period.


Past ESU Student Success

Jackie Silberg, MS '82, is a nationally-known author and composer of educational books and music for children.

Ingrid Blomquist-Pohl, MS '95, is director of the Barton County Community College Child Care Center in Great Bend, Kansas.

Susan Graber, MS '93, is director of the Newton Medical Center Child Care Center in Newton, Kansas.

Eleanor Hensley, MS '89, is director of the Francis Child Development Institute at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Missouri.

 

Last Updated January 13, 2008