Early Childhood Education

Would you enjoy being a part of child development and learning?
Do you want to help children achieve their full potential?

If so, the early childhood education major at Mount Union College may be for you!

With the theme “Caring Teachers Live What They Believe,” the program is marked by performance-based instruction and significant field experiences.

At Mount Union, early childhood education majors demonstrate core values such as:

• Appreciating childhood as a unique and valuable state of the human life cycle and valuing the quality of children's lives in the present, not just as preparation for the future;
• Basing our work with children on knowledge of child development and learning;
• Appreciating and supporting the close ties between the child and family;
• Recognizing that children are best understood in the context of family, culture, and society;
• Respecting the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual (child, family member, and colleague); and
• Helping children and adults achieve their full potential in the context of relationships based on trust, respect, and positive regard.

An early childhood education major prepares graduates for careers in schools, child care centers, coaching, human service professions, corporate training and other areas.

At Mount Union, an early childhood education degree includes a license to teach prekindergarten through grade three for the state in which they plan to teach. It also prepares candidates to specialize in early childhood growth and development and has an opportunity for the reading endorsement.

If you can see yourself teaching at an elementary school or at a childhood center and understand the valuable state of the human life cycle known as childhood, you should check out the early childhood education major today!

For information about requirements and course descriptions, please refer to the College Catalogue by clicking here.