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About the Elementary Education Teaching Field Endorsement Degree Program

On Campus

The Elementary Education degree program at 体育菠菜大平台 is a premier undergraduate teaching program that will prepare students to work with children through their elementary school years.

The College of Education has a reputation for educating Nebraska's best teachers, and faculty understand the importance of getting future educators into real life classroom settings early and often. 体育菠菜大平台's close partnership with Kearney and area schools gives students numerous opportunities to interact in both early field experiences and student teaching. Award-winning faculty mentors guide students in these field experiences and throughout their collegiate career to develop quality educators who make a difference in the lives of students.

Important Information

Praxis:

The Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators Tests are no longer required for certification in Nebraska. However, candidates still need to take and pass the Praxis Subject Assessments, which are required for certification in Nebraska.

AETP:

Nebraska’s Attracting Excellence to Teaching Program provides forgivable loans to eligible students who are working toward initial certification.

Student Teaching:

Arrangements are made for students who qualify to complete their student teaching requirement in schools located in Nebraska and other states. Most pre-student teaching and student-teaching field experiences take place in schools that are members of 体育菠菜大平台 Network of Partner Schools. 体育菠菜大平台 teacher candidates will complete 16 weeks (12 credit hours) of all-day student teaching. Some teacher candidates who pursue more than one endorsement will be required to complete more hours.

Elementary Education Program at a Glance

120

Credit Hours

General Studies requirement has been reduced to 30 credit hrs allowing more freedom and making it easier to transfer to 体育菠菜大平台.

Degree Received

Elementary Education Teaching Field Endorsement, Bachelor of Arts in Education

223

Per Credit Hour

With the New Nebraskan Scholarship all undergraduate students pay in-state tuition

Brett Kluever

“I was a tutor at Central Elementary in Kearney. This was a place where I could hone my teaching skills. I can’t thank the staff I worked with enough for their willingness to let me into their classrooms. Eventually I even student-taught there. By the time I was done, I had worked in most grade levels and knew most of the students in the building. The opportunities that I had, and the relationships I built at 体育菠菜大平台, helped shape me into the teacher I am today.”

Brett Kluever

Gibbon Public Schools , Gibbon, NE

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