Teachers spend many hours planning and preparing. Many devote their free time to their school's extracurricular activities as coaches and advisors. Teachers work closely with young people. Thus education majors are regularly evaluated on academic and non academic criteria. Although teachers' salaries have increased dramatically in recent years.
Many teachers say the rewards they receive go far beyond their paychecks.
They are also rewarded by seeing their students grow in many ways and in seeing how they can change people's lives through their work. The U.S. Department of Labor projections show that early childhood education is one of the top ten fastest growing occupations. Our program has been designed as both a stand alone major and as an add on to the elementary education program allowing students to earn dual certification. The elementary education major would be required to take only 14 additional credits to earn both degrees. Early Childhood Education, Developing the Early Learner, Assessing Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education Student Teaching.