This program offers three concentrations:

• Administration and Leadership

This concentration prepares students who are interested in supervising others who work directly with young children and/or individuals who have professional goals to learn more about leadership issues and policy/advocacy in early childhood education.

• Diversity and Inclusion

This concentration prepares students who have professional goals related to increasing their knowledge and competence to understand and work with individuals, young children and families from diverse backgrounds (e.g. cultural, linguistic, religious, family constellation, ability and socioeconomic) in inclusive early childhood settings.

• Teaching and Learning

This concentration prepares students who are interested in teaching young children from diverse backgrounds or who have professional goals to improve their knowledge and skills about curriculum and instruction across developmental domains in inclusive early childhood settings.