Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Sciences - Child and Family Studies - Early Childhood Education Teacher Licensure Pre K-3

The child and family studies major can provide the undergraduate preparation needed for a student who would like to be licensed to teach Early Childhood Education Integrated PreK-3 (teach children from birth to grade 3 in private and public school systems) in the State of Tennessee. The early childhood education licensure option is offered in conjunction with a master’s degree in child and family studies (early childhood education concentration). The Early Childhood Education Integrated PreK-3 track is a concentration designed with an emphasis on an inclusive, unified, and integrated curriculum in which early childhood and special education content are purposefully blended into coursesclinical experiences in the early childhood and elementary classroom. The overarching goal of the program is to prepare candidates to teach all children from an integrated lens through which early childhood and special education are no longer viewed as separate. The program objectives center on preparing candidates who understand children and families in a cultural context to meet a diverse set of needs (i.e., racial, linguistic, economic, and ability) across a range of early childhood settings. The strength of the program includes a series of integrated early childhood and special education clinical experiences that happen “early and often,” from which candidates benefit from hands-on practical experiences that use an embedded instruction approach with principles of universal design.

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