Graduate Certificate program in Early Childhood Education and Teaching at Creighton University

Creighton offers guaranteed scholarships for all current educators to help support and encourage teachers to continue to their education.

This early childhood certificate program provides practical learning opportunities in clinical, community and school practicum settings. Your field experience, combined with exposure to a wide variety of teaching and assessment strategies, will prepare you to understand and implement developmentally appropriate practice in your own classroom.

To earn this certificate, you must complete 18 credit hours:.

Foundations and Best Practices of Early Childhood Education.

Investigating Critical and Contemporary Trends and Issues in Early Childhood Education.

Content and Methods Specific to Early Childhood Education.

Assessment, Observation, Screening and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education.

To be considered for admission to the Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate program, applicants must:.

The interview may be conducted in-person or virtually.

Due to the specific features and requirements of this program, international students cannot be admitted. Unique situations may be discussed with your enrollment specialist.

Based on current educational role, a minimum of $1,800 scholarship is available and automatically applied for all educators. The scholarship will be applied per credit throughout the program.

Financial AidTo help make your graduate studies at Creighton University affordable, we encourage you to file the FAFSA to apply for financial assistance. We also encourage you to apply for available graduate student scholarships and fellowships.

Email or call a friendly financial specialist at 402.280.2731 for any additional questions you may have.

Applications for this program are open in even years only. If you are interested in pursuing your education sooner, please explore our MS in Educational Specialist Areas.