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image 1Curriculum & Instruction Department
Childhood Education | M.A. Plan of Study - Spring Start
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Precertification Track

Please note: This 40 credit program of study will take a minimum of two years (two fall semesters and two spring semesters) for students required to student teach.The M.A. in childhood education is an initial program for students who do not currently hold certification in elementary (childhood) education.

Qualified students certified in areas other than elementary education may enroll in this program in order to earn a second teaching certificate and fulfill the graduate degree requirement for professional (permanent) certification in both areas.
^ This program is also offered at Adelphi University's Manhattan Center.

Required Sequence for Full-Time Students

[FW=Required Field Work]
Year One
Spring Semester Fall Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
0807-600 Childhood Development 0807-595 Childhood Literacies: Literature, Culture, and the Arts
0807-601 School and Society 0802-625 Approaches to Teaching Literacy
0807-652 Paradigms of Knowing
 0807-700 Social Studies and Critical Literacy
0807-620 Assessment and Instruction in Childhood Education [0802-625 and 0807-700 have 50 hours combined field work]
ALL FULL-TIME CANDIDATES SHOULD TAKE AND PASS THE L.A.S.T. THIS SEMESTER ALL FULL-TIME CANDIDATES SHOULD TAKE AND PASS THE C.S.T. IN ART THIS SEMESTER

Apply for Student Teaching by December 1st.

Total Credits: 12
Total Credits: 12

Year Two
Spring Semester Fall Semester
Course# Course Title Course# Course Title
0807-825 Master's Seminar: Inquiry in Teaching and Learning* 0807-820 Student Teaching in Childhood Education (3 credits)
0807-710 Math Technology APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION THIS SEMESTER
0807-720 Science and Technology
[0807-710 and 0807-720 have 50 combined hours of field work]
0810-600 Special Needs Elective
-or-
0810-700 Special Needs Elective
-or-
0810-710 Special Needs Elective
xxxx-xxx Education Elective for students not required to student teach (NYS certified classroom teachers may graduate this semester***
*10-25 hours of additional FW
**0805-825 MUST be taken in last semester before student teaching
***Apply for January graduation by last Friday in October
ALL FULL-TIME CANDIDATES SHOULD TAKE AND PASS THE ATS-W IN EITHER ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY METHODS THIS SEMESTER

Students required to student teach will graduate in spring: Apply for May Graduation by the Last Friday in October

Total Credits: 10 Total Credits:
3

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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Devin Thornburg
Professor
Harvey Hall, Room 230
p - 516.877.4026
e - thornburg@adelphi.edu

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