Early Childhood Education Alverno's Early Childhood Education Licensure Program prepares you for teaching in day care and kindergartens. The Arts in Early Childhood Current Issues for Early Childhood Professionals Student Teaching Bilingual Education Teachers with an initial license in early childhood, elementary, or secondary education may add a bilingual endorsement provided you are fluent in both English and Spanish, English and Lao, or English and Hmong. Alverno's Elementary Education Licensure Program opens new opportunities for you, since employment prospects in elementary education are projected to be better than average during the next decade. The program requires approximately 54 credits - many of them in field experience and student teaching. Required courses build firm foundation in human development, human relations, and teaching expertise.
Special emphasis is given to using assessment to diagnose student needs.
Because all Alverno teacher education licensure programs are individualized, previous coursework and classes may fulfill some course requirements. Alverno's Education Department carefully reviews your transcripts to match past coursework to licensure requirements. After this review, a program for remaining requirements is outlined for each student. This approximately 30 credit licensure program includes coursework in human development and learning, human relations, teaching skills, and field experience and student teaching. Because all Alverno teacher education licensure programs are individualized, previous coursework and classes may fulfill some course requirements.