圣麦克大学

In addition to the required courses below, Elementary Education majors also complete one of the following approved liberal arts or sciences majors:

American Studies, Art, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, French, Gender Studies, Health Science, History, International Relations, Mathematics, Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Religious Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, Spanish, and Theatre.

Our program gives you real world experience from Day 1.

You will have opportunities to visit classrooms in local schools to observe and learn from master teachers, and to teach alongside them.

You will prepare instructional materials, teach small and large group lessons and network with teachers.

You will work in school and community placements beginning in your first education class including local elementary and secondary schools, at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, COTS (Committee for Temporary Shelter), Winooski Community Center Refugee Resettlement Programs, or Burlington Boys and Girls Club, among many other places.

Our education program will help you develop the values and skills to teach all learners. You will become confident in meeting the diverse learning needs reflected in today's classrooms.

We model the same active methods and participatory techniques you will need to use in the field. We show you how to teach using the latest software and hardware, math manipulatives, SMART Boards and more.

We give you easy access to curriculum materials to incorporate into your lesson planning.

To complement the practical experiences, Education majors can expect to tap into and expand their creativity as well. Faculty incorporate a variety of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment into Education courses as a way to model best educational practices. For example, in Social Studies and the Arts, students use drama, music and movement to inform their understanding of history, culture and the arts as knowledge themselves.

You will have multiple opportunities to teach students with a variety of characteristics including students from other countries and students with disabilities. Your experiences in the schools will increase in both time and responsibilities until you are student teaching full-time for one semester.

Careers

After graduation, our majors go on to careers like:

• Elementary School Teacher
• Middle School Teacher
• High School Teacher
• Art Teacher
• ESL Teacher
• Special Education Teacher
• Curriculum Specialist
• Curriculum Designer
• Principal
• Boys and Girls Club Program Director
• Journalist
• Museum Educator
• Social Worker