MCC Offering Free Early Childhood Education Course This Summer

Middlesex Community College strives to provide education that is accessible and meaningful. This summer Middlesex is offering free online Early Childhood Education courses that will prepare educators to meet the EEC teacher qualifications and help students progress on their academic pathway at MCC. MCC’s Early Childhood Career Pathways Grant is providing these courses for qualified students through the Early Education and Care (EEC) office.

“We are offering these courses to help students who would like to advance academically,” said Nancy Pynchon, MCC’s Assistant Director of Career Pathways Grant. “Completion of these courses will help students advance in their careers to become teachers as part of the state’s ECE certification process.”

Courses include Digital Literacy for College Success, CDA Coursework, and Professional Development Workshop Series. MCC is offering virtual information sessions on ZOOM to discuss pathways. To join, email ececareerpathways@middlesex.mass.edu.

Reem Abuhamdeh is a 2020 MCC graduate who received the Outstanding Achievement in the Associate in Science ECE award this spring. She is grateful for her experience with the program.

"My advisor listened to my vision in teaching and guided me each semester to earn the certificate in ECE in two years,” she said. “The teachers were well informed about their subjects, and opened a window to current issues in the education field through updated articles and videos, besides their well-engaged lectures. I enjoyed the on-campus and online lectures – they both were clear on instruction, and easy to navigate."

MCC provides free college credit courses for employees of childcare programs in the Greater Lowell area. Participants can work towards their associate degree or one of the new Early Childhood certificates that will be offered this Fall through the Education Department.

MCC has been a leader in online learning for more than 20 years. Online instruction includes flexible schedules and easy access to resources with the same skills, knowledge, credits and quality of instruction as face-to-face course options.

For more information or to enroll in the program, contact Wendy Valentine, MCC’s Director of ECE Career Pathways, at valentinew@middlesex.mass.edu or Nancy Pynchon, MCC’s Assistant Director of ECE Career Pathways, at pynchonn@middlesex.mass.edu.

Visit https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/education/pathwayspg.aspx for more information.

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