The early years of a child’s education are among the most critical for learning. From training teachers to cultivating partnerships across Virginia and beyond, UVA EHD is deeply engaged in how to improve education for our littlest learners.
UVA EHD’s innovations in assessing and supporting young learners are used in thousands of classrooms across the country.
EHD's suite of assessments that measures how prepared a child is for kindergarten is now in every single kindergarten classroom in both Virginia and Louisiana.
Literacy screenings developed at UVA EHD have become the gold standard for the reading assessment of PreK-3rd grade students.
Now available as a low- to no-cost option for all publicly funded early childhood classrooms in Virginia, STREAMin³ is a comprehensive curriculum model for birth to five that seamlessly blends a focus on academic and social-emotional learning.
With new funding, researchers are working to accurately measure the number and quality of childcare options in communities across Virginia.
Ready for the next step? Explore a selection of programs related to early childhood education.
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of students? Early childhood teachers have the opportunity to guide preK-3rd grade students during one of the most critical periods of their development.
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4 years (or 2 academic years after admission into the program)
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These open-enrollment courses are beneficial for individuals who wish to work with young children across settings.
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Help bring the gift of communication to those who need it. This undergraduate major is a first step to a career as a speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, a deaf educator or a speech, voice or hearing scientist.
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2 academic years after admission into the program
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