The Department of Education offers an M.A. in Teaching in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Teaching in Secondary Education. Alternatively, students with a bachelor’s degree may seek a certificate in education.

The next entry for the M.A. in Teaching in Elementary Education will be August 2007.

This program prepares students for careers as elementary school teachers or as single subject specialists at the elementary level. In addition to providing the foundational knowledge of teaching and curriculum, it provides knowledge and experience of teaching methods in the elementary subject areas. One year of full-time study for single subject specialists is required and one-and-a-half years of full-time study are required for K–6 self-contained classroom teachers.

Our teacher education programs are approved by the State of Iowa and incorporate all regional and national standards. But only in this program can you become an expert in Consciousness-BasedSM education, the most successful system of education in the world. This approach awakens your students’ total brain potential, so that they are naturally focused and eager to learn. This expansion of creative intelligence saves them from making mistakes in life and sets them on a path of growing happiness and achievement.

You will grow in the qualities of an ideal teacher — confidence, creativity, resourcefulness, vitality, and kindness. You’ll learn to cultivate the precious potential of the world’s children and prepare them to lead the world to a better time — where every school in the world radiates lasting peace to its community.

Certificate in Education

Students who have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, with a GPA of at least 2.75, may apply to the teaching certificate program. The course requirements for this program are the same as those for the undergraduate major in education. The certificate program thereby offers an alternative to the master’s degree in teaching for students who already have a master’s degree or who do not wish to seek a master’s degree.