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Teaching with Values & Service

The teacher education program at Regis College is part of a 450-year-old Jesuit tradition which provides a value-centered, liberal arts education. Join our education program, which is known for excellence, service to others, and exemplary career preparation.

Program Information

The teacher education program in Regis College actively engages teacher candidates in collaborative, reflective, and challenging learning experiences that wholly develop their capabilities as committed, caring, and qualified educators. Education students are actively involved in urban and diverse field experiences beginning with their introductory education courses.

Regis College Education Department offers professional licensure in elementary, secondary, and K-12 art and music. Licensure can be pursued as an undergraduate or as a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Education: Graduate Teacher Licensure Program. Students also have an option of completing any of the three minors or concentrations of study with the education department. These minors can be earned in addition to teaching licensure or independent from a teaching license. The minors include Literacy, Special Education, and Linguistically Diverse Education. Students interested in the Linguistically Diverse Minor also have the opportunity to earn graduate credit and complete coursework for the full ESL Endorsement. Recommendation by the Education department and acceptance into the MAE program are required. For details on these minors, see sections after the licensure sequences listed below.

Students completing a teacher licensure program at Regis will also have completed requirements for a minor in Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Music or Art Education. However, it is also possible to complete a minor in Education without seeking teacher licensure.

All students enrolled in the Teacher Licensure Program at Regis College must have co-academic advisors, one in the major field and one in the Education Department.

The programs leading to recommendation for licensure, either at the elementary level or in a particular subject area at the secondary level, contain their own specific requirements. These requirements are listed on the advising sheet pertinent to that subject area. The advising sheets are available from an advisor in the Education Department. It is the student‘s responsibility to meet the requirements listed on that advising sheet.

We also have a Graduate Teacher Licensure/Master of Arts in Education program for those who already have bachelor's degrees but not a teaching license. Learn more about the Graduate Teacher Licensure program.

Teachers who have already acquired their teaching license may continue their education through our Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program. The MAE program actively engages teachers in collaborative, reflective and challenging learning experiences.

Mission

To actively engage teacher candidates in collaborative, reflective, and challenging learning experiences that wholly develops their capabilities as committed, caring and qualified educators.

Learn more about our distinguished faculty members by viewing our Department of Education faculty profiles.

Why Become a Teacher in Regis College?

  • Earn endorsement in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education simultaneously with initial teacher licensure. We are currently the only program in Colorado to offer this dual licensure and endorsement requirement at the undergraduate level. This endorsement is in high demand by school districts and will increase the likelihood of being hired for teaching positions.
  • Small class size
  • Personal advising
  • Individualized field placements
  • Minors in elementary education and secondary content
  • Minor in Special Education
  • Minor in English as a Second Language
  • Focus on service to others
  • Full-time faculty with extensive school based experience

Teacher Licensure Sequence

As a professional state licensure program, students may have requirements beyond those in Regis College. Performance and licensure standards can be found in the student handbook and on the Colorado Department of Education website. In addition students will adhere to the Dispositions of Teaching located in the student handbook.

The professional sequence of education courses at Regis are designed to lead to licensure at either the K-6, 7-12, or K-12 grade levels in Colorado. Regis students enrolled in this sequence begin developing teacher performance, dispositions, and knowledge during their first courses and initial field experiences. This
developmental process is monitored by the Regis Education Department faculty, and students are evaluated each semester on their progress in this process. Evaluations are based on their work at Regis and in their fieldwork in the actual K-6, 7-12, or K-12 classroom. Regis students who begin this sequence may be
counseled to pursue a profession other than teaching if their progress in one or all aspects of the sequence is considered unsatisfactory or if they do not manifest sufficient mastery of the skills necessary for successful entry into the teaching profession.  A deficiency in one or more of these behaviors may be denied admission by the COTER, or removal, or probation from the program at any point.

For students with a B.A. or B.S. seeking teacher licensure, Regis College MAE department offers the Master of Arts in Education Graduate Teacher Program. This program provides College graduates a licensure track with a master‘s degree. For information about this licensure option, refer to the Regis College Master of Arts in Education Graduate Teacher Licensure Program that follows in this section of the Catalog.

Private/Parochial Track

Students who intend to teach in the private/parochial sector may choose a separate track for that purpose. Coursework is parallel to the licensure sequence below; some placements are made in private/parochial schools.