Early Childhood Education

Answer your Calling as an Early Childhood Teacher

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Stevenson University’s education programs are approved by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).

If you’re excited and inspired to teach young children, our Early Childhood Education program (PreK-Grade 3) will prepare you to have a positive impact on the learning and lives of young children.

Stevenson’s Early Childhood Education program is designed to ensure that you demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to be a successful teacher of young children. Beginning in the first year, the program emphasizes experiential learning in diverse school environments, including preschools and public and private schools. As you advance through the program, you will complete numerous field experiences in a variety of school settings culminating in a yearlong internship in a Professional Development School.

Graduates of the Early Childhood Education program will:

• Apply knowledge of discipline content and content-related pedagogy to design and implement effective instruction for all learners.
• Use knowledge of diverse students to design instruction and create a culturally responsive, equitable environment to support achievement for all learners.
• Design and implement instruction that engages students, encourages student participation, promotes higher-level thinking, and supports instructional outcomes.
• Design and implement assessment that monitors student learning, provides purposeful feedback on progress, and furnishes evidence to inform instruction.
• Reflect on teaching, collaborate in a professional learning community, seek professional development opportunities, engage in inquiry, persist toward goals, and exhibit integrity and professionalism.