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Our Early Childhood Education program provides comprehensive, compassionate training on the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of children from birth to age 8.

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Early Childhood Education Careers

There is no resource more valuable than children, and caring for them is the greatest responsibility an adult can undertake. To prepare adults for this task, Pierce College's Early Childhood Education program provides comprehensive, compassionate training on the physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs of children from birth to age 8.

The program combines hands-on training in the on-site laboratory school, as well as in community childcare centers and classrooms, with college-level classroom instruction aimed at creating skilled, kind and understanding teachers. Students learn to develop and apply curriculum methods and to meet the needs of children as individuals and within their social and familial situations.

Classes are offered days, evenings, Saturdays, and online to accommodate busy students.

Transfer

Graduates with the Associate in Applied Science-Transfer (AAS-T) Degree in Early Childhood Education can apply to the Bachelor of Applied Science in Teaching. This program leads to teacher licensure with endorsements in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education. There are also a variety of other transfer options to continue in fields such as Early Childhood Education, Children’s Studies, and Human Development.

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About the Program

Additional help and support may be available for students in need of English language training or basic adult learning skills. Pierce's Early Childhood Education program works with the Integrated Basic Education Skills Training (I-BEST) support program to assist students in need of English as a Second Language or Adult Basic Education training, or who are pursuing their GED.

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Contacts

Angela
Blums
Associate Professor
253-912-2309
Davida
Sharpe-Haygood
Associate Professor
253-964-6291
Candis
Eckert
Interim Dean of Business and Social Science
253-964-6458
Shantike
Wilson
Associate Professor
253-912-2399 ext 5531
Elizabeth
Snyder
Assistant Professor of Education
253-912-2218
Aminah
Othman
Early Achievers Grant Point of Contact
253-912-3721
Chelsea
Falk
Teacher Certification & Field Experience Specialist
253-912-3670