$500 Scholarship for New M.Ed. Students Starting March 2021*
Earn your M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education
Our 36-credit Master of Education in Early Childhood Education prepares you for your Initial License to work in grades Pre-K through grade 2. Through coursework and field-based experiences, you will develop an understanding of subject matter knowledge, curriculum design, instructional strategies, observation and assessment, communication, and collaboration with families and the community.
This program is approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and is aligned with the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers and Subject Matter Knowledge requirements.
Initial Licensure students who decide not to pursue their license will still be able to complete their degree as a personalized non-licensure master’s degree.
* Offer only applies to new students who start in the March 2021 session. Merrimack College reserves the right to amend this offer at any time.
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Key features of our Early Childhood M.Ed. program include:
What Skills Will You Develop With M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education?
To earn your M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, you will complete 9 courses, including your practicum, for a total of 36 credit hours. Classes are 8-weeks long and self-paced for your convenience. Field-based experiences include three pre-practicums and one full practicum.
- To help teachers effectively carry out their responsibility for the teaching and learning of ELLs, as well as to understand the social and cultural issues that contribute to and impact schooling for ELLs.
- To expand teachers’ knowledge of how language functions within academic content teaching and learning, and how children and adolescents acquire a second language.
- Provide teachers practical research-based protocols, methods, and strategies to integrate subject area content, language, and literacy development using the Massachusetts English Language Development (ELD) standards and the World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards to support ELL students’ success in meeting standards of the 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks as well as the Common Core content standards.