Education

Minneapolis College's Education Program, the only two-year pre-professional teacher program in Minneapolis, prepares you to transform society through innovative teaching methods. Experienced instructors help you research and develop culturally relevant teaching methods for diverse school environments and prepare you to see urban schools as places of possibility for a more equitable and just society. The A.S. degree in Education prepares you to work as an educational support professional. In addition, this degree is for students who plan to transfer to a four year university.

Highlights

• By the end of the program, you will have created an electronic portfolio highlighting your achievements in the program that can be used to secure a position as an associate educator and continue to develop as you work towards your teacher licensure.
• Through strong partnerships with the Minneapolis Public Schools, you will have to opportunity to observe excellent teachers, tutor and mentor individual students and teach small groups of students throughout the two year program.
• You’ll have the opportunity to practice with progressive models of education that imagines students as powerful and engaged citizens of our world.