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The Department of Education's Teacher Education Program (TEP) Mission: To prepare future teachers and educational leaders with a deep understanding of educational research, a broad base of experience in classroom teaching, and a commitment to social justice. “A teaching career provides an opportunity to help shape lives; you have the power to help people realize a potential that they may not even see in themselves.” TEP Graduate Program Director: Rebecca Holcombe Dartmouth students have the unique opportunity as undergraduates to receive certification in one of the most noble professions: teaching in our nation’s public schools. The Department of Education’s Teacher Education Program offers an undergraduate course of study and student teaching, which leads to Public School Certification in elementary education and nine different content areas in middle and high school teaching (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English, French, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, and Spanish). The important connection between the interdisciplinary approach to learning and development taken by the Department and our strong partnerships with schools fully prepares our graduates for meaningful careers both inside and outside of the classroom walls. Information about applying to the TEP can be found here. It is highly recommended that Teacher Certification candidates have experience with children and adolescents before applying to the TEP. There are many opportunities on campus to work with children and adolescents; a list can be found here. Successful Certification Candidates Will:
... learn from department professors at the forefront of new approaches to understanding brain development and learning, with opportunities to collaborate with these professors on their research and its intersections with teaching and the classroom. ... explore pedagogy while working with faculty who share over forty years of experience teaching in K-12 classrooms in the United States. … teach in two schools in our partner districts, ensuring classroom experience with students from a range of socio-economic and educational backgrounds. … benefit from a program that is kept to small numbers intentionally, allowing for both frequent supervision during classroom teaching and individualized instruction and attention from Teacher Education Program faculty. … partner with very strong mentor teachers in our four partner school districts in New Hampshire and Vermont. … earn a NH Certification that can almost immediately lead to certification in all 50 states. … have the opportunity, if needed, to use a Fifth Fall at a nominal fee to complete the student teaching component. Does all of this appeal to you? Then consider applying today! TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM APPLICATION (fillable PDF) “It is the most challenging, the hardest, the most rewarding, the most humbling, the most flattering, and the most wonderful thing you will ever do in college.” TEP Graduate |
