Early Childhood Education, Birth through Grade 2: Program 1

Admission Requirements

1. A cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 2.8 from an accredited bachelor’s degree program or a master’s degree with a GPA of 3.5 or better.
    
2.  A liberal arts or sciences major or interdisciplinary concentration of at least 30 credits.
    
3. A general education core in the liberal arts and sciences of at least 36 credits, distributed as follows: 9 credits in math and science with at least one course in math and one course in science (a course in calculus meets 6 credits of this requirements); 6 credits in English; 6 credits in social studies (of which at least one course must be in history or geography); 6 credits in a language other than English (3 years of high school study in the same foreign language with grades of C or better documented by high school transcript will meet this requirement); 3 credits in the arts; and 3 credits in information retrieval (library studies, research, computer literacy, or educational technology).
    
4. A personal statement as part of the application for admission.
    
5. Two letters of recommendation.

Progress Standards

A. 12-Credit Progress Standards for Matriculated Students

1. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 in order to continue in the program.
    
2.  Students with more than one course grade below B in the first 12 credits will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
3. A student who receives a grade of F in any course in the first 12 credits will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
4. Students with one grade of IN (Incomplete) within the first 12 credits are restricted from registering for more than one additional course. Those with two or more INs will not be allowed to register for any courses.
   
   Note: It is recommended that students with two or more INs take an official leave of absence.
   
   
5. Program 1 students must take the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations and submit their scores to the Office of Educational Services before they complete 12 credits of course work. Any student who does not receive a passing score on the LAST must enroll in the school’s reading/writing workshop before being permitted to register for any additional courses.

B. Fieldwork Benchmark

All field experiences and student teaching will take place in New York City public schools.

Program 1 students must receive a grade of at least B in fieldwork (ECC 712). Any student who receives a grade of B-, C+ or C must apply to the Chairperson of the Department for permission to repeat the course, which may be repeated only once. Any student who receives a grade of F will not be allowed to continue in the program.

Exit Standards

1. Overall GPA of at least 3.0.
    
2. A grade of B or better in student teaching and/or practicum. Any student who obtains a grade of F in student teaching and/or practicum will not be allowed to continue in the program. Any student who obtains a grade of B-, C+, or C must apply to the department chairperson for permission to reregister for student teaching and/or practicum and repeat this experience. Students will be allowed to repeat student teaching and/or practicum only once. Any student who does not complete the full complement of required days of student teaching will receive a course grade of IN and must fulfill the remaining mandated days.
    
3. Completion of ECC 720 (Integrative Seminar in Early Childhood Education).
    
4. Students must pass the School of Education technology assessment.

Early Childhood Course of Study — Program 1:

36-42 credits

• ECF 70000 - Child Development: Birth to Age Eight
• ECF 70100 - Social and Historical Contexts of Early Childhood Education
• ECF 70200 - Assessment in Early Childhood Education: Birth through Grade 2
• ECC 70300 - Early Childhood Curriculum: Birth through Grade 2
• ECC 70500 - Language and Literacy: Birth through Kindergarten
• ECC 70600 - Language and Literacy: K through Grade 2
• ECC 70700 - Language and Literacy: English Language Learners
• ECC 70800 - Children with Special Needs: Birth through Grade 2
• ECC 71000 - Early Childhood Mathematics: Birth through Grade 2
• ECC 71100 - Science in Early Childhood Education: Birth through Grade 2
• ECC 71200 - Pre-Student Teaching Field Placements in Early Childhood
• ECC 71300 - The Expressive Arts in Early Childhood
• ECC 71400 - Health, Safety and Nutrition in Early Childhood
• ECC 71500 - Educational Technology in Early Childhood
• ECC 72000 - Integrative Seminar in Early Childhood Education