The Childhood Education Academic Advising Office serves undergraduate students in the Early Childhood/Childhood Education B-6 program. Students may enter the program after completing 30 college credits and meeting departmental entrance requirements. Once declared, students are assigned to Joanna Schroer, the Childhood Education professional advisor. They remain her advisees until senior year, when they are advised by Elementary Education teaching faculty.
All early Childhood/Childhood Education B-6 students also have an academic major, or concentration. Click here for a list of approved majors. Faculty from the academic major department advise students on major coursework.
The Childhood Education Academic Advising Office maintains advising records which include
transfer credit evaluation, pre-professional fieldwork documentation, and fingerprint clearance. The office is also a resource for fieldwork information, certification workshops and exams, and
childhood education program planning.
GETTING READY
Suggested Courses for First-Year Students
Approved Majors (Concentrations)
Entrance Requirements
On-site Writing Sample
Pre-Program Fieldwork Form
PLANNING AHEAD
Advising Worksheet (complete and bring to advising appointments)
Curriculum Plan (plan of study with courses and program policies)
8-semester Plans
Certification (fingerprinting, SAVE & Child Abuse workshops, NYS exams)
CONTACT US
Joanna Schroer, M.A., Childhood Education Advisor
schroerj@newpaltz.edu
Kim Dodd, Secretary
doddk@newpaltz.edu
Old Main Building, Room B122 (lower level, near Studley Theatre)
800 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
845-257-2807
FAX: 845-257-2640
