Early Childhood Education Minor

The Early Childhood Teacher Education minor at Illinois State supports attainment of a subsequent endorsement for birth to age 7 (grade 2) for other Teacher Education majors. Teacher candidates will gain the professional knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to specialize in early learning within their chosen major. They will also be able to access opportunities focused on birth to grade 2 settings including parent-infant education, special education preschool education, public school pre-kindergarten, childcare, or kindergarten through second grade.

Why Study Early Childhood Education?

The Early Childhood minor is only available to current Illinois State University Teacher Education majors and is application based. Courses are sequenced across fall, spring, and summer semesters for two years and include three summer courses and three fall courses. Passage of the required state of Illinois content test is required for the addition of the subsequent endorsement on the professional educator license (PEL).