Early Childhood Studies: Concentration in PK-3 (ITEP)

Program Scope

By completing the Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Studies: Concentration in PK-3 ITEP, you will graduate with both a BA and a preliminary PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Credential. The program is designed to support you as you develop knowledge and understanding of child development and learning in children from preschool through third grade. This knowledge will enable you to develop and implement practices in Pre-K to 3rd grade classrooms that are evidence-based, meaningful, and rigorous.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Promote and advocate for social justice and be culturally responsive across young children's ecological contexts.
2. Understand the professional roles and responsibilities in inclusive early care and education settings.
3. Apply developmental, learning, and cultural theories in the field of early childhood education to
   • engage and support young children in learning by including young children’s prior experiences and interests, funds of knowledge, language and sociocultural backgrounds
   • create and maintain effective environments for young children’s learning
   • understand and organize subject matter for children’s learning
   • plan instruction and intervention and design learning experiences for all children
4. Develop effective literacy instruction for young children preschool through third grade that supports foundation skills, meaning making, language development, effective expression and content knowledge.
5. Understand assessment, evaluation, data collection, analysis and reporting in the context of preschool through third grade.