Early Childhood Administration (M.Ed., C.A.S.)
Program Description:
The NLU Master’s in Early Childhood Administration is designed for those of you who have earned your bachelor’s degree and want to assume a leadership position in the field. You will learn more about early childhood curriculum, discipline and guidance, family systems, assessment, social and cultural diversity and professional ethics. Earning your degree also makes you eligible to qualify for your Level III Illinois Director Credential.
The NLU Certificate of Advanced Study in Early Childhood Administration is designed for those of you who already have a master’s degree in education or who are early childhood professionals, such as preschool owners, Head Start component coordinators and consultants.
How You Will Learn:
Early Childhood Administration is taught using a cohort model, which means you will go through the program with the same group of 12-20 students. NLU graduates like the cohort model because of the support and friendships provided by their fellow students throughout the program. Students are required to attend three residencies lasting four days each at the beginning, middle, and end of the program. The program can also be taken course-by-course.
What You Will Learn:
- How to develop supervision and staff development strategies.
- How to evaluate the financial and legal aspects of child care administration.
- How to conduct educational inquiry and assessment.
- A broad understanding of the impact family, community, students and schools have upon each other.
- A broad understanding of organizational theory, group dynamics and leadership applications.
Where You Can Take the Program:
This program is available online.
