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The undergraduate early childhood education major will prepare you as a professional educator to teach in grades PreK – 4, facing the realities of the 21st-century classroom. You will be instructed by a knowledgeable and experienced faculty: All full-time and adjunct faculty members in the education department at Cedar Crest are certified teachers.
This program leads to Level I certification in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The teacher preparation program at Cedar Crest College is grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation that is aimed at providing our future teachers with a strong background in academic content-area knowledge.
If you wish to earn additional teaching certifications, you will work individually with faculty to develop a plan to reach your goals.
Program Highlights
- The opportunity to participate in pre-teaching experiences in urban and suburban settings, beginning year one of your studies, including one experience in a special education setting.
- Faculty members who provide a strong mentoring and support system, helping you select and schedule classes. Also, when you student-teach, your supervisor will go into the classroom with you and provide you with weekly feedback.
- Guaranteed student-teaching placement in a local school district.
- Our superior reputation in school districts in the Lehigh Valley means that students who graduate from Cedar Crest are considered strong candidates for future employment.
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Hear from Your Peers
The Art of Teaching program was a wonderful experience! The online/hybrid options made it easy for me to balance work, family, and school. Each class I took was so insightful and contained a good balance of theory and practice. The readings provided me with solid background information, while the assignments gave me the opportunity to connect this knowledge with my experiences and think about how I would apply it in the classroom. My professors did a great job bringing the textbooks ‘to life’ and had so much expertise in the field that I was able to learn from. Dr. Kamyab was especially supportive from beginning to end. Thank you, Cedar Crest, for helping me ‘soar ahead!’
Zaheda Hasham ’23, Master of Education- Art of Teaching
Cooperative Agreements
Cedar Crest College collaborates with several academic institutions to provide our students with innovative pathways that help them succeed in their chosen fields.
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Accreditation
Cedar Crest College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801
Faculty & Staff
Who’s teaching you is as important as the curriculum you choose.
Let’s put a face to some of the names you’ll be seeing on the course listings!
Sarah Fields
Office Manage/Coordinator of Field and Studen
Melissa Kamyab
Chair, Director of Education Department Graduate Programs, Assistant Professor
- School of Adult and Graduate Education
- sage@cedarcrest.edu
- P: 610-740-3770
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- admissions@cedarcrest.edu
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