Inclusive Early
Childhood Education:
Master of Arts in Teaching

 

This five-year program provides licensure in grades PreK-3 and Early Childhood Special Education (birth-5).  As undergraduates, students must major Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies (IDLS) and minor in Inclusive Early Childhood  Education (IECE). The program is available to students who enter the University as freshmen in fall 2008 and later.

PROGRAM SEQUENCE

YEAR

IECE Program Courses

SOPH

EDUC 300 Foundations of Education (3)
EXED 200 Nature & Issues of Disabilities (3)
*IECE 200 Intro to IECE (1)
*Not required for students beginning Spring 2011 or after
JUN
1st
Sem

IECE 300 Programming & Practices in IECE (3)
IECE 310 Diversity (3)
IECE 301 Practicum with Focus on Diversity (1)
JUN
2nd Sem

IECE 320 Development & Assessment of Infants & Toddlers (3)
IECE 322 Supporting the Development of Infants & Toddlers (3)
IECE 321 Practicum with Focus on Infants & Toddlers (2)
SEN
1st
Sem

IECE 420 Development & Assessment of the Young Child (3)
IECE 422 Teaching Young Children (3)
READ 366 Foundations of Literacy (3)
IECE 421 Practicum with Focus on Development (1)
IECE 423 Practicum with Focus on Curriculum (1)
SEN
2nd Sem

READ 436 Literacy in the Primary Grades (3)
IECE 460 Instructional Practices in Numeracy (3)
IECE 462 Instructional Practices in Natural Sciences for Young Children (3)
IECE 464 Instructional Practices in Social Studies for Young Children (3)
IECE 464 Seminar in Managing Classrooms & Guiding Behavior for Young Children (1)
IECE 461 Practicum with Focus on Primary Grades (3)
GRAD
Fall

IECE 600 Teacher as Researcher (3)
IECE 612 Teacher as Decision Maker (3)
IECE 614 Individualized Behavior Intervention for Young Children (3)
IECE 613 Practicum in Education of Young Children (3)
GRAD
Spr

IECE 620 Teacher as Professional (2)
IECE 680 Student Teaching with Young Children (8)
GRAD
Sum

IECE 630 Teacher as Leader (2)
IECE 632 Play & Creativity with Young Children (3)
IECE 634 Medical Aspects Impacting Young Children (3)
Comprehensive Final Project

 

 

CATALOG INFORMATION
Program Description
Course Descriptions


Printable Program Sequence

Program Handbook

 

Questions?
Contact Dr. Martha Ross
Program Coordinator
rossmk@jmu.edu

 

Early Childhood Inclusion
A Joint Position Statement of the Division for Early Childhood and the National Assoc for the Education of Young Children

National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
NPDCI is working with states to ensure that early childhood teachers are prepared to educate and care for young children with disabilities in settings with their typically developing peers.