Imagine your own excitement when a first grader asks you to read his favorite story.
	Working one-on-one with students to ensure that they understand key concepts.

As you explore these pages, you will realize just how strongly our programs are linked to direct work in early childhood and elementary classrooms. If this is important to you -- to combine college classroom study with direct hands-on experiences with children -- then this is the College and the Program for you. Among the many unique features of a degree in elementary education from Champlain College is that graduates receive a dual endorsement with their degree: they are certified to teach both early childhood education (birth to age 8) and elementary education (Kindergarten through grade 6).

Site Highlights:

WebQuests: Sites created by Champlain student teachers with great ideas for teaching Social Studies.

Student Teaching: Experience makes all the difference.

Success & Advantages: Your "take home" after four years.

Faculty: Meet the people who make this program special.

Mini-units: Series of lessons from senior student teachers using the historical fiction book, The Black Bonnet by Louella Bryant

Few experiences in life are as rewarding as opening
the world of learning to young minds...

What is the purpose of Early Childhood education? A professor shares her thoughts in the Burlington Free Press.   Schoolhouse Rock (excerpt from a Champlain View article) New technology, new tests and new research about learning are transforming the way teachers teach. But even in fast-changing times, say Champlain educators, some things remain constant in the classroom: caring about kids and teaching the hows -- and the whys -- of reading, writing and arithmetic. (Read more of this article)