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What Can I Do With This Degree?

About Early Childhood Education

There's no limit to the amount of good you can do. Every experience your students have, every word they learn, and every problem they overcome sets the foundation for who they'll become.

Children’s Learning Center

The Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center

Career Opportunities

In addition to a career as a pre-K to third grade teacher, a degree in early childhood education teaches you the skills you need to be successful as a childcare worker, childcare center director, special education teacher, English Language Learner (ELL) teacher, in-home childcare provider (e.g. nanny), early childhood education specialist/counsellor, or a daycare director for a pre-school program.

Beyond the Classroom

Stepping beyond the traditional school environment, early childhood educators also work in public and private childcare centers, community centers, individual clients’ homes, and libraries.

Degree Requirements Checklist

Below are the degree requirements for Early Childhood Education in sequence.

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