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Professional Development Framework

Entry criteria:

Bachelor’s degree in ECE or Elementary education, child development or related field. Admission to accredited ECE Masters degree and/or Endorsement program.

Exit requirements:

Completion of college coursework as designated for program: a minimum of 33 semester credits, varying depending upon campus. A masters degree requires a 3.0 minimum grade point average but there is no minimum for an Endorsement.

Masters degree candidates work with advisor and instructors to compile a portfolio during their program; the portfolio must be approved by each student’s graduate committee.

Positions in the Early Childhood at this level:

Primary Grade teachers, adjunct faculty, CDA field site instructors, Early Interventionist, Educational Consultants and any of the positions listed in Levels I-VI.

Sources for information:

To add an ECE endorsement to an elementary teaching credential
http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/eceendor.html
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/education/earlychildhood

To add an ECE M.Ed degree to a Bachelor’s Degree
http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ecemed.html
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/education/earlychildhood/master.html

To add 12 credits to a recent ECE Endorsement for an M.Ed degree
http://www.uas.alaska.edu/education/ecemed.html

National NAEYC Standards - NAEYC

Level Six Core Knowledge/Content Standards