Department: Elementary and Early Childhood Education 

This degree program is designed for persons who hold initial licensure in early childhood education (grades PreK-2) and are seeking professional licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The program is designed to meet the “appropriate master’s degree” requirement, which is part of the criteria for professional stage licensure as set forth in the most recent MA DESE licensure regulations.

Admission Requirements

• A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.8 based upon four years of work or a 3.0 undergraduate GPA based upon work completed in the junior and senior years
• Passing scores for MTELs^® required for the applicant’s initial teaching licensure in Massachusetts
• Three appropriate letters of recommendation
• An initial teaching license
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work

Students should consult the “Admission-Graduate ” section of the catalog for information regarding graduate program application policies and procedures.

All accepted students must enroll under the direction of their adviser in GRPP 501 - Graduate Program Planning , which is described under “Graduate Advisers and Program Planning ” in the “Graduate Academic Policies ” section of this catalog.