How is the Transition to Teaching program structured?
• 24 credit hours for elementary education licensure • Kindergarten – 8th grade, self-contained classrooms (not departmentalized middle school classrooms) • 18 credit hours for secondary education licensure • Licensure may be more limited than for those in the traditional education program (for example, a graduate in chemistry will earn a 7th – 12th grade chemistry license rather than a 7th – 12th grade science license) • Secondary education licensure is available in: • Mathematics • Science (Biology, Chemistry, or Physics) • English/Language Arts • Social Studies (History, Government, Geography, Psychology, and/or Sociology) • Business Education • Physical Education/Health • Spanish Education • Transition to Teaching is now the initial component to the Bethel College Master of Arts in Teaching degree • Elementary education students will have 24 of the 36 credit hours completed at the end of the program • Secondary education students will have 18 of the 36 credit hours completed at the
