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The Program for Working Professionals awards a bachelor of arts in PreK-4 and PreK-4 certification. It is a cohort program designed for full time employed early childhood professionals to complete their undergraduate degree with certification to further advance in their careers.
In order to develop into a highly qualified teacher of the young, pre-service teachers must become ignited by the idea of teaching and learning, be involved in a deep practice of the craft and science of teaching, and be carefully coached and mentored in that practice.
The curriculum provides course-based and hands-on experiences that enhances one’s knowledge base and craft of working with diverse children from birth to grade 4. This program is guided by School of Education’s core mission of fostering inclusion, equity, and social justice through teaching. Students learn how to problem solve, innovate, and design culturally sustaining curricula through using inquiry practices.
Program Features:
Pennsylvania has signed the Interstate Agreement (NASDTEC) with most other states/jurisdictions based upon mutually agreed-upon conditions. The contract provides for acceptance of state-approved educator preparation programs between certain states to facilitate educator mobility. All jurisdictions that participate in the NASDTEC Interstate Agreement may choose to have additional requirements for educators who are coming from another jurisdiction.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE TEACHER CANDIDATES: Each state is responsible for its own certification/licensure requirements, which may change without notice to NASDTEC or your university's certification officers or your state's office of certification. You must contact the office of certification in any state to which you may be relocating to get the most accurate information on certification requirements.
The NASDTEC Interstate Agreement facilitates the mobility of educators among the states and other jurisdictions that are members of NASDTEC and have signed the Agreement. Although there may be conditions applicable to individual jurisdictions, the Agreement makes it possible for an educator who completed an approved program and/or who holds a certificate or license in one jurisdiction to earn a certificate or license in another state or jurisdiction. For a full explanation of the agreement, participating states, and a review of specific state-by-state requirements visit the webpage for the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC).
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Arcadia University will accept up to 75 credits from regionally accredited two-year institutions.
Transfer credit is granted for college-level work completed at another accredited Institution for course content comparable to that appropriate for the degree program.
Credit will not be granted for courses in which grades below “c-“are earned.
Students may be required to take a placement examination in mathematics and/or Arcadia University Writing Inventory for English composition. Assignment or exemption for English composition is determined by performance on the Arcadia University Writing Inventory or by a transfer credit evaluation.
*Community College Transfer: Specifically for this program, Arcadia University and the School of Education has core-to-core agreements and program-to-program transfer agreements with Bucks County Community College, Delaware Community College, and Montgomery Community College.
**Basic Skills Assessment:
All undergraduate candidates seeking an initial state-approved Pennsylvania educator preparation certificate are required to pass a basic skills assessment as well as the corresponding subject matter test(s) related to the certification area.
There are a variety of tests/scores students can use to pass their Basic Skills Assessment (BSA) requirement:
Options to pass the Basic Skills Assessment:
Spring 2019 Cohort Rate: $240 per credit*
*Applies to each designated cohort course with student’s continuous enrollment in the program
In partner with Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA) and T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Pennsylvania, Arcadia collaborates to offer scholarships to early care and education professionals in our community.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® PENNSYLVANIA Scholarship Program
Please visit Arcadia University’s Financial Aid website for information
Taylor Hall, Suite 200
215-572-2938
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Enrollment Management
1-877-272-ARCADIA (1-877-272-2342)
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Dr. Bhukhanwala,
ECE Program Director,
Launches Arcadia's Online Early Childhood Education Program Pathway with the William Penn Foundation Grant