Early Childhood Initial Teaching Licensure - Transition to Teaching Certificate

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Change careers and become an adept educator in as little as 12 months through Valparaiso University’s Transition to Teaching program. Our CAEP-accredited Transition to Teaching licensure program is for those who have a passion for education, already have a bachelor’s degree in a non-educational field, and are interested in becoming a classroom teacher. We offer alternative teacher certification in Indiana in the following areas:

Early Childhood Education (Preschool-Grade 3)
Elementary Education (Grades K-6)
Secondary Education (Grades 5-12) with content specialization in English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages

Admission Requirements:

Completed Application
Resume
Bachelor’s Transcripts
Interview with the Program Director

Candidates who successfully complete the Transition to Teaching initial licensure program have the option to complete a master’s degree program (M.Ed.) by adding on additional credits to their program (12 credits for Early Childhood and Elementary, 18 credits for Secondary). Please note that full graduate tuition will be charged due to the nature of completing a degree.

Required Courses

ED 510 - Foundations in Emergent and Early, Literacy Credits: 3
ED 518 - Curriculum Design and, Differentiation Credits: 2
ED 520 - Educational Psychology Credits: 2
ED 539 - Scientifically-Based Reading Research Components of Early and Emergent Literacy Credits: 3
ED 545 - Sem: Efficacy/Prof Pract, Differentiation Credits: 1
ED 551 - Early Childhood Methods: The Learning Environment Credits: 3
ED 552 - Early Childhood Methods: Instruction Credits: 3
ED 570 - Diversity, Equity, and Education Credits: 2
ED 630 - Supervised Teaching Credits: 3
SPED 540 - Differentiated Instructional Practices Credits: 2

Early Childhood Initial Teaching Licensure - Transition to Teaching Certificate

Required Courses

Total: 24 Cr.