The importance of high-quality, early-care education to children’s growth and development is more widely appreciated than ever, producing increased demand for professional child care providers.
The early childhood program at Northwest Tech prepares you to provide a safe, healthy, developmentally and culturally appropriate learning environment for children from birth through age eight. You will learn to develop play-centered activities designed to help children grow cognitively, socially, emotionally, physically and creatively.
Early Childhood Development AAS
The 60-credit Associate of Applied Science degree prepares graduates to become assistant teachers in a center-based setting such as a child care center, early childhood family education program or Head Start. With additional experience hours, graduates meet qualifications to work as center-based child care teachers, child care resource and referral agents or food program representatives.
Explore AAS ProgramEarly Childhood Education Certificate
The 18-credit certificate prepares graduates to provide family child care, work as an aide in a center-based child care program or advance to an AAS or AS.
Explore CertificateEarly Childhood Education Transfer Pathway
The 60-credit Associate of Science degree prepares graduates to transfer to a four-year college or university for a non-teaching degree in early childhood or an education degree in early childhood, which is required for licensure to teach from birth through third grade.
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