Early Childhood Education programs are often a child’s first educational experience (ages 0-5), providing an opportunity to set a child’s life-long learning patterns in a positive direction.
A child’s developmental journey begins at birth but continues for years to come. Gain the skills and credentials you’ll need for a career in the classroom in the early childhood development and learning program for teaching. Extensive classroom based experiences give you the education, training, and skills to help all children become their best. Our Associate’s Degree prepares you to be an assistant teacher or a paraprofessional, or open a child care business. Our Bachelor’s degree program leads to licensure in the State of Michigan and offers you the opportunity to work with children from birth through Kindergarten.
Teachers of infants enjoy watching the daily discoveries of young babies as they move toward toddlerhood. Toddler teachers provide two- and three-year-old children with the skills for school readiness while establishing foundational skills in language, math, science, and reading.
Preschool teachers design developmentally-appropriate environments and provide support and guidance for young children as they prepare for the formal learning environments of elementary school. Great preschool teachers gravitate toward teaching the academics through exploration, which is sometimes messy, sometimes loud, but always serious fun.
Our Early Childhood classroom is not defined by desks in rows, chalk boards, and a lecture. At Lake State, you will be engaged in active, real life learning. Lake State students are immersed in real learning environments where they will gain valuable field experience. Click on this link to read about our students gaining real life experience in this article posted in the Soo Evening News on October 1, 2017. Superior Start: The School Readiness Center earns a 5-Star rating from Michigan’s Great Start to Quality
The hands on field experience, small class sizes, and passion for teaching seen in the professors prepared me and gave me confidence as I began my own journey as a teacher. No matter where my career takes me, I will always have LSSU to thank for getting me started.
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