Online Early childhood education degrees: Are they widely accepted?
by Author on Monday, August 30th, 2010 | 4 Comments
I am currently completely my basics for my major in Early Childhood Education, and the nearest college to finish my degree at is almost 2 hours away, so i'm thinking about going online to finish it. I know you need to go through an accredited school, but even then...is an online degree for this type of work really accepted everywhere? I don't want to go through all the time and money for this degree online if most employers don't think much of it or accept it.
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Here are a couple things to think about:
1. If your field requires some type of state licensing, make sure the degree will actually allow you to take the test. I’ve seen people spend $50,000 on an online degree from a place like University of Phoenix or Capella only to discover that the state wouldn’t allow them to sit for the test from those schools–even though they were accredited.
2. Whether the degree is taken online probably matters less than what school you go to. If you go to a place that has a "diploma mill" reputation, it doesn’t matter what degree you get–it isn’t going to help you much. However, if you go to a well known school that has been around for 100 years and just happens to offer some classes online, it probably doesn’t matter if you sat in a classroom or at a computer.
3. Make sure you understand how a school is accredited. Pretty much every school claims to have some type of accreditation. However, some places simply setup a company in the Bahamas to accredit themselves. One of the best tests is to call a good state school and ask if you could transfer classes from the school you are thinking of attending. If no classes would transfer, it might not be the best choice.
If the college also has you do practicums and they are connected to schools and children centers in your area so you can get your hands on experience, it shouldn’t be a problem. Check your state licensing board to see what requirements they need you to have to be a program director etc.. and make sure the school fulfills the requirements.
May be this site can help you
http://www.a1onlineeducation.com
I would certainly like to help you but I am not sure about your degree. So it would be better to explain it more. But I would like add my end online degree are respected as same as the other degrees. At the end the matters is possession of skills.