Need advice on best route to obtaining EEC Teacher Cert. in Massachusetts
I am interested in obtaining an EEC teacher certification because I love working with children and I want to gain access to higher paying roles in the early education field.
Unfortunately, I just finished my undergraduate degree and I did not take a *single* child development course (I received my B.A. in English) so I am looking for the cheapest/easiest ways to satisfy the education requirement. I’m particularly looking for specific program recommendations and to find out if there‘s any scholarships or aid available for someone only taking one class ;-;
Additionally, I worked as a counselor at an after-school program working with kids in K-1 for the past two years, would this experience satisfy the work requirement? I just secured a job working as pre-K teacher assistant for the next year at a local private catholic school, which I presume would definitely satisfy this requirement, I’m just hoping that if this earlier experience counts that I might expedite the process of receiving my EEC certification.
I hope this makes sense! Overall, I would love advice on getting through the EEC Teacher application in general– I find the whole Mass Gov. page on the eligibility standards kind of hard to navigate so any resources that are more comprehensive would be appreciated.