It's Your Education, Make an Informed Choice.

Teachers are natural leaders that enjoy helping others understand new concepts. The job of a teacher is perhaps the most centrally vital to an educated society. While a colloquial interpretation of the term ‘educated,’ commonly conjures a prestigious college degree, an educated mind begins its journey much earlier than college pursuits. It is our preschool, kindergarten, and elementary foundations that allow us to even comprehend the concepts that are later reinforced in our lives. If we did not know how to add and multiply integers, we would not have the conceptual groundwork to solve complex problems and equations. If we did not first learn an alphabet, we could not read words and sentences and books and poetry. It is our elementary understanding of life, taught to us by elementary educators, that lays this crucial first layer of what’s to come.

Associate degree holders with concentration in elementary education commonly seek work as teacher’s aides for grades K-8. The duties of a teacher’s aide commonly include hands-on preparation work, like student seating arrangements, morning story-telling, and photocopying. These duties might change by grade level as the students’ needs mature alongside the students themselves. Work may be sought in both private and public establishments, with the understanding that each kind of school will be run differently than the next.

Example Courses

• Integrating Technology in the K-8 Classroom
• Foundations of Education
• Educational Psychology

Potential Industries

• Private Education
• Public Education
• Preschool Education or Administration

Colleges Offering Degree

• Dine College
• University of Phoenix
• Northern New Mexico College