Overview

As a student in the Early Childhood Education program at Eastern Mennonite University, you will explore the teaching field through regular practicum experiences and learn effective teaching methods for an evolving world and a diverse student body.

Two key characteristics of the teacher education program are: sending future teachers into classrooms early, and reflective practice, which is woven into all education courses at EMU.

Practical Experiences

At many colleges, students don’t get into the classroom until their third year. At EMU it's different.

At EMU, education students are in local classrooms, observing and learning, by their fifth week of classes.

Local school divisions are richly diverse in culture, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Field experiences are embedded throughout the program so that education students are in the field nearly every semester.

Early Childhood education majors assist in EMU’s lab school, the Early Learning Center. The Early Learning Center provides valuable interactions for EMU students with the 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds enrolled at the center.

Students are in a classroom full-time during student teaching, and receive regular feedback and assistance from the classroom teacher and an EMU representative.

Student teachers also participate in Reflective Teaching Seminar class which provides additional support to students during the student teaching semester and covers valuable topics such as preparing for job searches and interviews.

Students may choose more than one student teaching placement to experience multiple classroom settings and locations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Exploring Teaching

Computers and Instructional Technology in Education

Organizing for Learning

Learning, Motivation and Assessment (PreK-6)

Management and Organization in Early Education

Math in the Elementary School

Science in the Elementary School

Social Studies in the Elementary School

Needs of Diverse Learners

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Harrisonburg, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

Admission to teacher education requires a 2.5 cumulative GPA and a teacher education interview. Admission to student teaching requires a 2.7 cumulative GPA.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Submit your free application
Send your Official High School or College transcripts to the university
Send your Official Scores from one of the following English Proficiency Tests (Duolingo, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, ACT, PTE).
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

46150 USD / year

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Out-of-State

46150 USD / year

≈ 46150 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

46150 USD / year

≈ 46150 USD / year

Living costs

Harrisonburg

United States

1050 - 1715 USD / month

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Practical Experiences

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Harrisonburg

Funding

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