Viterbo's Early Childhood Education licensure program is designed to meet the needs of elementary teachers in Wisconsin who seek an add-on 70-777 license which covers the PK–K levels.  Applications are now being accepted for three cohorts starting in fall of 2010 in La Crosse, Green Bay, and Madison.  The Early Childhood Education program will offer two courses per semester so students will be able to complete it in as little as 18 months! 

Our Early Childhood Education program is designed in a two track system. Students may opt for the 19-credit Early Childhood Education license exclusively or they may complete it and then continue on for an additional 17 credits to earn BOTH a Master of Arts in Education AND an Early Childhood Education license. All Students interested in earning a master’s degree would need to apply to the master’s in education program upon completion of the Early Childhood Education program.

Program requirements

Students must have an elementary teaching license in regular elementary education or elementary/middle education or early childhood special education from a regionally accredited institution to be eligible. License codes Pre PI-34 that are eligible are: 42-116, 42-118, 42-115, and 808.  PI-34 codes that qualify are: 71-777, 72-777 and 809. Unique elementary education licenses that only cover a few grades may qualify.  Please contact the program director for further details.  Students must also meet the D.P.I. Conduct and Competency Standards and have an overall undergraduate G.P.A. of 2.75 to be eligible for consideration.

Course Waiver(s)

You may apply for a waiver of up to six credits of graduate coursework taken within the past ten years from a regionally accredited institution. The program coordinator will assess your transcripts to determine if a waiver will be granted and may request course descriptions and/or course syllabi in order to make a determination.

Getting Started

You will need to apply to our program by completing an application for admission (pdf), a Federal Truth-in-lending document (pdf), and attaching a $50.00 non-refundable application fee and sending it to the following address along with a copy of your teaching license. You will also need to have official transcripts from your undergraduate degree granting institution mailed to the same address:

Viterbo University
Graduate School of Education
ATTN: ECE Program
900 Viterbo Drive
La Crosse, WI  54601

Questions?  Please contact Ruth Badciong at 608-796-3388 or rebadciong@viterbo.edu

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