Overview

Your experience in the Early Childhood Education certificate program provides you with beginning knowledge and skills to implement positive learning experiences for young children. Six college classes, including one Practicum and two ECE electives, meet the requirements for lead teacher in an early childhood child care program in New Hampshire.

  • Experienced faculty and highly qualified, mentoring teachers in community placements provide real life opportunities to put college classroom learning into action
  • Partnerships for Practicum placements located throughout Rockingham and Strafford County.
  • Student starting in the ECE Certificate or Advanced Certificate can apply credits towards the degree at any point

Highlight Statistic(s)

Students seeking employment in this field are in high demand. 100% of the graduates in the degree for the last four years, seeking employment in the field, were successfully placed. Most students in the certificate program were successfully employed during or after completion of the certificate.

Career Options

  • Lead teacher or associate teacher in child care program
  • Placement in a before and after school program serving children K-6
  • Paraprofessional for a child with special needs in a public school
  • Paraprofessional in special education preschool or early intervention infant/toddler program

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Meet Faculty and Program Coordinator 
Jennifer Ganim-Smith

Ganim-Smith is passionate about Great Bay and her program. “We offer high quality education, affordability, small class sizes and the ability of students to get to know the professors. I know all of my students and they know me, and I like that,” she said.