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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Does UMW still only have a 5 year elementary education program? I know JMU has a 4 year program and I think GMU just established one. W&M only allows education as a double major (discpline + education) or as a 5th year post-bac program or as a masters.I think Christopher Newport only has a Master's degree in education (schools are rapidly changing because only recently--like 1-2 years ago-- did VA start allowing undergraduate education degrees--you formerly had to major in a discipline and then do a post-bac or master's in education to get your teaching license.

If you're going to a school for an education degree, I would talk carefully to the different schools and see how they are handling all these changes--not just her tastes in schools. It can mean the difference between paying for an extra year or two of school vs not---having most of your major coursework in education or juggling double majors etc. [/quote]

This exactly...it's what's happening now...changes due to recent VA reg allowing institutions to finally offer undergraduate degree in education - a B.S. in Education.  Which I guess is a good thing?

However, D20 was actually very interested in getting a Masters in 1 year which is what UMW, CNU and RU originally offered -- Five Year (4+1) Programs. She was really hoping to go to a school with a Five Year Program so she could get a Masters Degree in 1 yr - teachers make more money with a Masters Degree and she knows this would be better in the long run for her career.

https://education.umw.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate-five-year-pathways/
UMW just discontinued their 4+1 program and told my daughter "We have had to make this change due to changes at the state level, and many other universities in the state are making the same move. The program will be a 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Education for elementary or an undergraduate degree in a content area (such as English or Math) and an add-on program for secondary, PK12, or special education. Students will move through courses in a designated sequence, and complete their full time internship (student teaching) in the spring of their senior year.  We have discussed and would like to offer a one-year add-on program so that students could complete a Master’s in one year while working in the classroom, but this plan is not yet finalized.  We do still have the post-baccalaureate programs in education, and if you were to enter with some credits and/or take summer courses to complete an undergraduate degree in three years, technically you could finish the Master’s in 5 years if you went this route. It would be some time as an undergrad only, and some time as a graduate student only, though.

CNU: http://cnu.edu/academics/departments/teacherprep/program/ -- their website has yet to be updated with anything regarding the new VA regs.

RU: https://www.radford.edu/content/cehd/home/teacher-ed/degree-options/five-year.html -- their website has yet to be updated with anything regarding the new VA regs. But their 5 year programs are a little different maybe.

It's clear that D20's decision will be greatly impacted by the new VA reg and what programs will be reformatted and offered at each of the schools she is interested in.

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