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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
          The Department of Education and Academic Foundations is committed to preparing students to teach in elementary and secondary schools, with an emphasis on urban education. Student teaching takes place primarily in urban schools. Thirty credits are required to complete the program. All students must major in a liberal arts subject.

Secondary students major in the discipline they plan to teach. Psychology and sociology majors are acceptable for elementary students, but the department recommends majors in history, the arts, the sciences or English. Certification is offered in art, music, biological sciences, earth science (through a geology major), English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, mathematics, and social studies (through history, political science, or other social studies majors). Except for music and art, certification in a content area permits teaching in a departmentalized assignment in the content area at any grade. A K-8 certificate also is available for elementary school teaching.

SAMPLE OCCUPATIONS
Preschool Teacher
Head Start Teacher
Resource Room Teacher
Cooperative Interviewer
Personnel Interviewer
Social Worker
Public Relations Specialist
Sales Representative
Librarian
Teacher, Elementary School
Teacher, Special Education
Entrepreneur
 Day-care Center Director/Owner
Publisher's Representative
Educational Consultant
Elementary School Principal
Camp Director
Coordinator of Volunteers
Recreation Professional
Technical Writer/Communicator
Live-In Child-Care Worker
Peace Corps/VISTA Worker
Community Service Agency Worker
Organizations who have hired Rutgers-Newark Graduates:
Program for Women and Families
John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Volunteers for Educational and Social Services
North Star Academy Charter School of Newark
New Jersey DYFS
Children's Specialized Hospital's Outpatient Special Education
Newark Public Schools
Kearny Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools
 Hackensack Public Schools
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Teachers' Network
United States Department of Education
New York City Board of Education
Teach for American
Winstar for Education
The Workstation, Inc.
YMCA
Liberty Science Center
Rigorous Educational Assistance for Deserving Youth Program

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The Career Development Center at Rutgers - Newark is located in Hill Hall room 313.
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Career Development Center 360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Hill Hall room #313 Newark, NJ 07102-1801
(973) 353-5311 fax: (973)353-5355 questions or comments?