Elementary Education Degree Completion
Two-level license preparation and ESOL endorsement
The program offers initial licensure with authorization in early childhood and elementary education.The program also offers an ESOL endorsement.
Faculty Expertise
All undergraduate faculty are experienced K-12 teachers who have gone on to become leaders in teacher education. Our faculty continuously develop curriculum and instruction strategies in which classroom practices are modeled and reinforced, providing a continuously evolving program that is relevant now and in the future.
Become a teacher alongside those who live the teaching life.
Extensive field experience
Field experiences play a critical role in becoming a teacher.
During each semester candidates develop knowledge, skills, and disposition in a variety of settings including elementary schools who partner with the program to provide quality student-teaching experiences.
Become a teacher of real kids in real classrooms and communities.
Cohort model
Our elementary education degree-completion students are assigned to a cohort of 11-18 colleagues who will become teachers together as a cohesive unit under the advisement of a faculty member. Cohorts take classes together
and act as critical support during
the intense work involved in
earning a degree.
Become a teacher through close community, teamwork, and support.
Technology
Emerging classroom technologies can be used to facilitate powerful learning in the classroom. The undergraduate program not only infuses and models classroom technology, but offers competitive technology mini-grants to fund students who are inspired to explore innovative projects in technology during their student-teaching.
Become a teacher in the digital world.
Integrity and values
We believe that becoming a teacher is about more than simply acquiring the skills and knowledge to teach. We view becoming a teacher as a journey of transformation, radically changing the mental and spiritual facets of ourselves. The elementary education faculty and staff strive to walk beside each candidate in this transforming journey, providing support, pointing the way – and sometimes asking the hard questions that can catalyze critical moments of growth. Faculty and staff strive to guide candidates in Jesus’ spirit of gentleness and persistence.
Become a teacher with us.