Early Childhood Leadership

Earn your degree online or on campus. Learn best practices to work in a variety of settings!

Why Early Childhood Leadership at Bay Path University?

With this degree, you become part of a team supporting young children in one of the most important phases that predicts their academic success—early childhood. Working in child community-based programs, classroom environments, or daycare settings, you support other educators in positively impacting the lives of children. Early Childhood Leadership provides excellent credentials for further degrees in education.

As a student, you will:

Learn the psychology of early childhood—behavior, personality, and cognitive growth
Study current methods and approaches to teaching, including planning, classroom management techniques, and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards
Be prepared to work with special needs children, helping them integrate into a learning setting

Degree Info

AS in Early Childhood Leadership

BA in Liberal Studies: Early Childhood Leadership

Minor Available, Double Major Available

Graduate Program Available

View Graduate Program

Bay Path's Graduate Degree Programs

Bay Path's School of Education, Psychology and Humanities offers a wide range of graduate degrees in Education, such as Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English as a Second Language, Reading & Literacy Instruction, and Special Education.

We offer seamless pathways to our graduate programs. You can even take graduate courses during your senior year. In addition, all our Education undergraduate degrees are eligible for our Stay on the Path 20% discount on Bay Path's graduate degree programs.

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs) Prep Model

The Education department at Bay Path University has developed a unique model to support education majors in preparing for and taking the required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs). Students enroll in sections of their first-year English courses for education majors. Skills covered on the Communication and Literacy MTEL are infused into the course content, and students meet weekly with an MTEL Coach outside of class in small groups to focus on test preparation. With this model we have seen an increase in the pass rates for students taking the Communication and Literacy MTEL.

MTEL Preparation at The American Women's College

1 credit courses are available for the Communication and Literacy Skills and Math Subtest MTEL exams. For more information, please contact: Shirley Montovani, Associate Academic Director of Education & Justice Programs at smontovani@baypath.edu.