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Learn how learning works — and practice on actual kids, not role-plays.
What you'd actually do
- Study how children develop and how teaching actually works
- Get hands-on training with children in placements
- Learn family and human services alongside education
- Start the coursework a teaching degree will expect
How you get in
Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. This pathway takes no admissions test and sets no GPA minimum — seats go by lottery, with a preference for students inside the school's attendance area.
Lottery
Now, later, and after
What this gets you freshman year, by the time you graduate, and after that.
Freshman year
What you'd touch first
- Child development coursework and your first classroom placement
Junior & senior year
What you'd walk out holding
- Early childhood credentials
- Practicum hours that count
After graduation
Where it goes
- Education degrees, social work, speech and human services
- Early childhood roles that hire on a credential
Where you can do it6
Selective Enrollment schools first, then ordered by graduation and college rates against the district average.
Visit one of these
Upcoming open houses at schools that run this program.
- 17OctLindblom Math & Science AcademySelective Enrollment Open House · 12:30
Where this comes from
Checked 2026-09-12. Program details change — confirm with the school before you rank it.