Prepare Students for Lifelong Learning with Your Master’s in Early Childhood Education Degree
Are you ready to prepare young learners for lifelong learning? Does the opportunity to deliver the first formal education a student receives appeal to you?
As part of South Carolina State University’s Master of Education (M.Ed.) program in elementary education, you can choose the early childhood education (grades K–3) option. This track readies you to become an early childhood educator, preparing you to provide the first formal education for young students.
Shaping young minds and preparing young students for the next steps in their educational journey are huge responsibilities for an early childhood educator. Earning your master’s degree in early childhood education from South Carolina State will prepare you to excel in this important field.
By the Numbers
Our master’s in early childhood education degree program focuses on two primary student outcomes:
- Provide instruction, classroom practice, microteaching, and other educational experiences to help strengthen, extend, and integrate knowledge and skills in professional education, research, writing, and content areas.
- Assist students in obtaining mastery of systematic ways of utilizing instructional technology to bring about effective instruction.
With your master’s degree in early childhood education from South Carolina State, you’ll be well-prepared to achieve your teaching and career goals.
Method of Instruction
- Face-to-face
Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education Program Highlights
Providing you the best education so you can effectively teach and guide young learners is our goal. At South Carolina State, our master’s in early childhood education program is well-known for providing our students opportunities to:
Gain extensive real-world experience
You’ll assist early childhood educators and teach in real classrooms with real students, expanding your insights and skills in implementing the most effective teaching methods for groups and individual students. You’ll put the knowledge and expertise you’ve gained in your classroom into practice in young student classrooms.
Enjoy a supportive campus environment
From academic and career advising to student supports like our student success and retention programs, you’ll feel nurtured, encouraged, and inspired to make the most of your South Carolina State education.
Learn from top-notch classroom experts
Among our master’s in early childhood education faculty are former presidents of the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children, a vice president of membership for the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, and president of the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education (NABHE). Our faculty are also active in research and seeking grants.