Expertise in teaching

Hastings College is fully accredited and offers degrees in Elementary Education, Secondary Education and Special Education, as well as a?Master of Arts in Teaching?(MAT) degree ? and our unique five year BA/MAT program is the quickest way to advance your career and starting salary. Add in more than 30?endorsement areas, from art to world language and coaching to music, and you?ll have a solid resume focused on areas you love.

Building classroom experience

By your junior year at Hastings, you?ll work under the guidance of master teachers, creating and teaching lessons and gaining confidence in your knowledge and classroom management skills. If you?re majoring in Elementary Education, your junior year includes immersion in a local elementary school, working daily in a classroom.

In your senior year, you?ll complete student teaching and work to develop a high quality credential package. You?ll be ready to interview for your exciting first teaching position!