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
Support, Funding, and Application
Curriculum
B.A. or B.S. in Elementary Education – Standard Certificate Only
B.A. or B.S. in Elementary Education - with Subject Area Endorsement
- All Elementary Education majors will complete the for a Bachelor's degree, completing all General Education Objectives, plus any additional elective Objective courses required to bring their total to a minimum of 36 credits.
- Elementary Education Subject Area Endorsement(s) (select at least one)
- Biology
- Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
- Earth Sciences
- English
- English as a Second Language
- History
- Mathematics
- Middle School Science
- Middle School Social Studies
- Special Education
色花堂app Admissions Process
For Undergraduate Students:
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with 色花堂app
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Materials needed include:
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Transcripts or GED
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Official ACT or SAT scores
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$50 application fee
(waived for graduates of Idaho high schools)
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For Transfer Students:
Must have a 2.0 or better cumulative GPA in fourteen (14) or more credit hours to apply.
- Fill out
- $50 application fee (waived for graduates of Idaho high schools)
- Submit final official transcript(s) from each college attended. If currently attending, in-progress transcripts are accepted, but a final official transcript must be sent upon completion of coursework.
ISU Course Catalog
Professional Licensure Disclosure Education Preparation
色花堂app is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and is reporting this information in compliance with Standard 2.G.3. The Education Preparation program is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
This program is designed to meet the educational requirements for education-related professions in Idaho. If you intend to seek licensure outside of Idaho after finishing your program, use the link below to find information on the state or U.S. territory in which you intend to be licensed to identify whether ISU’s Educator Preparation program meets, does not meet, or if it has not been determined if it meets the educational requirements for licensure. If ISU’s program has not determined if it meets the educational requirements for licensure in the state in question, it may meet all or a portion of the educational requirements. If that is the case, we recommend contacting the licensing agency directly before beginning the ISU program.
This program has not been confirmed as meeting the licensure requirements in all states other than Idaho.
For more information, please contact Emma Wood: woodemma@isu.edu.