童年教育计划为一年级至六年级的孩子们的教师准备了文科，双语教育，科学和环境教育以及数学方面的初等和/或专业证书。通过合作行动，教学和研究，我们培养学生的能力，以建立重视公平和卓越，进取和严谨的社会公正，在智力上至关重要，在审美上富有同情心的社区。我们与文理学院合作，并与当地学校合作，设计课程，以便为学生提供发展与纽约市不同种族，不同种族和不同语言的人群合作所需的知识，能力和理解的机会。我们的计划与众不同，因为我们的学生在内容和方法论课程方面变得非常熟练，精通多种读写能力，并且能够集成实用的技术工具，包括免
The program in childhood education prepares teachers of children in first through sixth grade for initial and/or professional certification in liberal arts, bilingual education, science and environmental education, and mathematics. Through collaborative action, teaching and research, we develop our students' capacities to create socially just, intellectually vital, aesthetically rich, and compassionate communities that value equity and excellence, access and rigor. We design our programs in cooperation with liberal arts and sciences faculties and in conjunction with local schools in order to provide our students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, proficiencies, and understandings needed to work with New York City's racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse populations. Our program is unique in that our students become highly skilled in content and methodology courses, adept in diversified literacy skills, and have the ability to integrate pragmatic tools of technology, including free and interactive Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts. Our reflective graduates are astutely aware of the digital divide and the need to use source ware (free software) so no child is left behind in the Information Age, and the need to produce globally competitive students regardless of their socioeconomic status. This program applies to students who do not hold a New York State Initial Certificate in Early Childhood Education, Childhood Education, Middle Childhood Education, or Special Subjects or equivalent course work and teaching experience, or who are teaching but do not hold initial certification. This program leads to both New York State Initial and Professional Certificates in Childhood Education (grades 1-6).