Early Childhood Education (B.S.) PreK to 4

The ESU chapter is a student branch of the Pennsylvania Education Association and the National Education Association. Membership includes liability protection, professional journals, and other benefits. Field trips, speakers and meetings provide professional background information for students interested in the teaching profession.

Kappa Delta Pi, a national honor society, is the highest honor society in education. Membership is by invitation to juniors and seniors in their teacher education curricula who have attained a quality point average of 3.4 or higher, completed a minimum of sixty-two hours of work at ESU, and exhibited commendable personal qualities and worthy educational ideals.

Kappa Delta Pi endeavors to maintain a higher degree of professional fellowship among its members and to quicken professional growth by honoring achievement in educational work. Faculty advisers are Dr. Brooke Langan, (570) 422-3619 and Dr. Shawn Watkins (570) 422-3415.

Transfer Student HUB is a student organization that provides transfer students with the opportunity to fully integrate into the ESU student body, works closely with the Transfer Center and the Student Activity Association to coordinate events, programs, and initiatives for transfer students to promote successful transition both socially and academically and to acclimate to the Poconos and the surrounding area.

Placements include teaching in pre-K or elementary school setting.

Early Childhood majors conduct research, present their research at various local, national, and international conferences, and publish in scholarly journals. Research activities include:

• Literature Review
• Documents Analysis
• Action Research
• Student Learning Objective(SLO) Project
• Summer Research Project

Our alumni earn positions and build successful careers in traditional school settings as well as community-based education centers, museum programs, science centers, educational publishing, and ministries. Jobs include:

• Preschool Teachers
• Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers
• Childcare Center Directors and Childcare Workers
• Teacher Assistants
• Education Program Directors
• Home Care Center Educators
• Industry Care Center Educators
• Specialists in Family Support

Career support services are available through the ESU Career Development Center on the second floor of the University Center. The center offers a variety of internship opportunities, career planning, and employment services to all ESU students and alumni.