Program Information
The bachelor's degree in elementary education program will prepare teacher candidates for a rewarding career teaching kindergarten through 8th-grade students in private or public schools. Our dedicated and passionate faculty provide candidates with the skills, knowledge, and disposition necessary to teach diverse groups of students in basic subject areas in elementary or middle schools. This fully accredited teacher education program includes one semester of student teaching under the guidance and mentorship of cooperating teachers and prepares candidates to take certification exams and earn Idaho Teacher Certification upon successful completion of the program.
Program Outcomes Include:
- The Teacher Candidate applies evidence-based professional and pedagogical knowledge that supports students’ social, emotional, behavioral and academic development.
- The Teacher Candidate has a deep and flexible understanding of content that supports students’ social, emotional, behavioral and academic development in authentic learning environments.
- The Teacher Candidate strategically uses assessment for instructional planning and evidence-based instructional practices to make goal-directed decisions that support students’ social, emotional, behavioral and academic development.
- The Teacher Candidate displays the professional dispositions that support students’ social, emotional, behavioral and academic development
