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Current Status of Unified Early Childhood Teacher Training Programs 2009

 

Current Status of Unified Early Childhood Teacher Training Programs 2009

 

University Number of Stu-
dents Admitted Yearly		 Program Entry Requirements Number
of Students Currently
in Program		 Early Childhood Unified License Offered Exit Degree Other Information Contact Person Courses leading to licensure can be taken online
Emporia State University 10-13 a
year
but no
cap		 Bachelors in
Elementary
Education. 2.75
GPA. Graduate
Essay Exam.
Two References		 58 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Kindergarten Masters of
Science in
Early
Childhood
Education		  

Dr. Eileen
Hogan
Email: ehogan@
emporia.edu

Dr. Sophie
Thayer
Email: jthayer@
emporia.edu

Phone:
(620) 341-5756		  
Fort Hays State University Estimate 30-40 students will be admitted yearly Admission to
Teacher Education
Program,
and for
last 65 hours,
admission to
Directed Teaching		 65 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Grade 3 Bachelor of
Science in
Education		 127 hour program -
includes 55 hours of General Education Courses, and 60 hours must be taken from a 4 year university		 Dr. Judy
Nixon
Email:
jnixon@
fhsu.edu
Phone:
(785) 628-5845		 All of the courses in the ECU Program can be taken on-line.
Kansas State University 50 GPA 2.5
50 Credits
Passing
PPST		 130 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Kindergarten Bachelor
of Science		   Dr. Mary
DeLuccie
Email:
deluccie@
ksu.edu
Phone:
(785) 532-1475 		Many but not all
Pittsburg State University As many
as apply
/enroll
at this
point in
time		 Same as the
other College
of Education
programs. 2.75
in General
Education core.
C or better in
CURIN 261.
Successfullly
complete PPST
or have a 24
or better
composite score
on ACT.		 14 - 18 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Grade 3 Bachelor
of Science
in Education 		  Dr. Ray
Willard
Email:
rwillard@
pittstate.edu
Phone: (620) 235-4491
Dr. Duane
Whitbeck
Email:
dwhitbec
@pittstate.edu
Phone:
(620)-235-4456		 FCS 390:  Interacting with children

Others are under consideration and are done on an experimental basis
Southwestern 2-10 No requirement
for program entry,
but there are
requirements for
formal admission
to teacher
education prior
to taking
professional core
courses		 16 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Grade 3 Bachelor
of Arts		   Dr. Nili Luo
Email:
Nili.Luo@
sckans.edu
Phone:
(620) 229-6360		 Yes
University of Kansas 15 60 Under
Graduate hrs;
3.0 GPA,
PPST Scores-
Reading 173,
Writing 172,
Math 172		 37 Birth through Grade 3 Bachelors
of Science
plus 15
graduate
hours		 Have graduated 11 students with full license Dr. Eva Horn
Email:
evahorn
@ku.edu
Phone: (785) 864-0615		 Currently no courses fully on-line but all are hybrid (up to half & half in a given semester)
Washburn Approx-imately 23

*Cumulative
minimum 2.5 GPA
*Completion
of 24 credit
hours of approved
general education
courses with a
minimum GPA
of 2.75
*Letters of
recommendation
*Professional
Conduct
Dispositions
Form signed
*Grade of C
or better in
required
professional
sequence courses
*PPST OR
PRAXIS I
minimum scores
of Writing 172;
Reading 173; and,
Mathematics 172

 173 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Grade 3 Bachelor
of Education
in Elementary
Education		  

Dr. Judith
McConnell-
Farmer
Email: judy.mcconnell-farmer@
washburn.edu
Phone:
(785) 670-1472

 Several online courses
Wichita State University

Undergrad
= 12-15
Grad =
10-15

(There is
no current cap on the program; these are numbers
of past enroll-
ments
as of each fall semester)		 Undergrad =
Admitted in
elementary
education
program concurrently.
Grad = Holds
a current
Kansas elementary
license. WSU
website has
other specific
criteria (http://webs.
wichita.edu/?u=
coedhome&p=/
programs)		 Total – combination
of under-
graduates
and grad-
uates is 43		 Early Childhood Unified Birth through Grade 3

Under-
graduates - Bachelor of Arts

Graduates -Choice of either a nondegree
or Master’s
degree
program.		   Dr. Linda
Mitchell
Email: linda.
mitchell
@wichita.edu
Phone:
(316) 978-6367		  

Note: Thanks to Eileen Hogan, Emporia State University; Dorothy Fulton, Fort Hays State University; Mary Deluccie, Kansas State University, Duane Whitbeck, Pittsburg State University; Nili Luo, Southwestern College; Eva Horn, University of Kansas; Judith McConnell-Farmer, Washburn University; and Linda Mitchell, Wichita State University for information specific to their early childhood teacher training program.