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NOTE: Candidates for the Administrator I Certificate will take 3 units of ECED 694 Internship in Early Childhood Education and 3 units of ELED 797 Internship in Educational Leadership. Electives (12 units)Candidates will determine an Area of Focus as they begin the program and, with approval of the program director or adviser, will select four elective courses to support that area. Areas of Focus and Recommended Electives for C.A.S. Candidates:1. Early Childhood Advocate/Policy Specialist (will prepare candidates to act as advocates for children, families and the profession, specializing in a particular issue or area of need or developing more generalized advocacy and public policy skills). Candidates will work with program director or adviser to identify specific professional goals and select electives to support those goals. Suggested elective choices may include:
2.Early Childhood Teacher Educator/ Researcher (will prepare candidates for doctoral study at Towson or elsewhere, for teaching in institutions of higher education or for research). Candidates will work with program director or adviser to identify specific professional goals and select electives to support those goals. Suggested elective categories may include: Research methods (EDUC 715 Statistics, new EDUC courses in Qualitative Methods, Advanced Qualitative or Statistical Methods) ISTC elective course in Instructional Technology ECED elective course to support specialization for teacher educators ECED 695 Independent Study: Research and Writing for Publication NOTE: New EDUC course numbers have not been published at this time. 3. Early Childhood Family Specialist (will prepare candidates for further work with families of young children and will also meet requirements for a Family-Professional Collaboration Certificate). Candidates will work with the program director or adviser as well as the program director for Family Studies to determine electives in this Area of Focus: FMST 601 Applied Family Relationships FMST 610 Family-Professional Collaboration FMST 620 Project in Family Focused Program Development ECED or FMST elective or related field 4. Early Childhood Accomplished Teacher (will support candidates in preparation for NBPTS certification.) Candidates will choose four electives as needed to supplement prior course work in order to align with NBPTS. ECED 694 Internship may focus on mentorship or portfolio building. Candidates who did not receive the M.Ed. at Towson may include one or more of the required courses for the M.Ed. Possible elective choices: ECED 604 Math/Science in the Early Childhood Education Program ECED 608 Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Early Childhood Education ECED 612 Conflict Resolution and Management in Programs for Young Children ECED 623 The Art of Reading and Writing in Primary Grades and Kindergarten
5. Early Childhood Administrator: Public School Emphasis (building on M.Ed. course work, will prepare candidates in public school settings to meet requirement for the Administrator I Certificate). There are six required courses for Administrator I Certificate. In addition to ECED 665 Curriculum Theory and Development (required in the M.Ed.) and ELED 797 Internship in Educational Leadership, electives in this Area of Focus will be: ILDP 603 School Law ILDP 668 Leadership and Group Dynamics ILDP 781 Seminar in Supervision ILDP 716 Leadership of the Schools For information on all matters related to admissions, fees, or registration, please contact the Graduate School.
Early Childhood Education 
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