Transition to Teaching - Early Childhood Education (Ohio)
This program is open to candidates pursuing P-3 Early Childhood Education licensure in Ohio.
Indiana Wesleyan University offers a 24-credit hour accelerated, Post-Baccalaureate program providing the pedagogy and clinical experiences necessary for adult learners to pursue teaching as a career in grades P-3. The coursework in this program is offered online; field experiences and clinical practice in P-3 classrooms are embedded into the courses.
Upon complete of this program, candidates should be able to:
- Demonstrate professional, moral, and ethical behaviors, in the early childhood field and articulate related Christ-like principles.
- Demonstrate competence in the following School of Educational Leadership's dispositional domains: Communication, Critical Thinking, Human Interaction, Teacher Leadership, and Professionalism.
- Analyze how family and social influences impact the basic characteristics and needs of early learners.
- Create developmentally appropriate, challenging, and supportive learning and literacy environments for early learners.
- Build positive, mutually respectful relationships with families and communities.
- Identify and implement a broad repertoire of developmentally effective assessment tools and approaches that reflect the goals and benefits of assessment when documenting young children's learning and literacy.
- Implement current technologies in instruction and assessment for early learners.
- Demonstrate professional self-reflection to promote positive learning and behavioral outcomes for each young child.
- Implement the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content knowledge and resources to build developmentally appropriate and meaningful curriculum in all content areas.
- Demonstrate ethical standards and early childhood professional guidelines.
- Advocate for the developmental needs of young children and the early childhood profession.
Admission Requirements
All applicants must have:
- Earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university or college with a grade point average of
at least 2.75 on a 4.0 point scale from an institution of higher education.
- A criminal history background check that meets School of Educational Leadership guidelines.
- Minimum scores of "3" or higher on a required Candidate Disposition Assessment.
Student Teaching
- All candidates must complete a full-time student teaching experience as determined by the state of Ohio.
- All core course work prior to student teaching must be completed with a minimum grade of no less than "B-" in each core course to be eligible to student teach.
- All placements for student teaching will be made by the Office of Clinical Experiences. Candidates are not to contact any school or attempt to secure their own student teaching assignment at any time.
- Removal from a student teaching experience may result in the candidate being permanently withdrawn from the program. A grade of "No Credit" will be issued for the student teaching course
Completion Requirements
To be eligible to be recommended for licensure a candidate must:
- Complete all course requirements with a minimum GPA of 3.00 and no grade lower than a "B-."
- Complete admission, mid-program review, and program completion gateways.
- Pass all clinical experiences with a grade of "Credit."
- Provide passing scores for all required state licensure content and pedagogy examinations.
TTT Early Childhood - Program of Study
Core Courses - Early Childhood Education (Ohio)
| EDUT-512 | Educational Psychology and Observational Assessment in the Early Childhood Profession | 3 |
| EDUT-522 | Foundations in Phonics and Language Structure for Early Childhood | 3 |
| EDUT-532 | Reading and Writing in Early Childhood | 3 |
| EDUT-542 | Scientifically-Based Reading Research and the Sociocultural Context | 3 |
| EDUT-552 | Methods and Assessment in Literacy for Early Childhood | 3 |
| EDUT-562 | Content Pedagogical Methods for Integrated Subject Areas | 3 |
| EDUT-572 | Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Interventions in Early Childhood | 3 |
| EDUT-582 | Student Teaching: Early Childhood | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
