CURRENT STUDENTS

• Education Information (ELED, SEED, EK12, SPED, EDHH)
• Communication Disorders: Speech/Language Pathology & Audiology
• Sign Language Interpreting

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS (4 Year Plan of Study)                                   

• Elementary Education Major
• Secondary Education Major
• Special Education Major
• Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Major
• Sign Language Interpreting Major
• Communication Disorders: Speech/Language Pathology & Audiology

ACADEMIC ADVISING        

Every student majoring in Education is assigned a faculty advisor within the department. Your advisor will work closely with you to help you decide on classes, to keep you on track in fulfilling the General Education requirements, and to assist you with your endorsements, additional certificiations, graduate school, and career opportunities.

Course descriptions and requirements for the Education majors and minors are available in the Undergraduate Catalog.

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My Augie education instructors truly modeled the best practices of teaching for us budding educators, including building relationships with students. I am proud to carry what they modeled for me into my classroom on behalf of my students.
                                                                          - Sue Bull, Class of 2005, High School English Teacher

                                                    Biology Education majors Cathryn Carney & Megan Bezdicek

Accreditation & Assessment

Our program is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED). All programs leading to certification are approved by the South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE). Programs offered by the Education Department integrate the best of Western educational thought with the wisdom of the indigenous Native American culture of the region and emerging research on positive youth development.

Augustana College teacher education candidates have a 100% pass rate on all required PRAXIS content and pedagogical exams. Below is a summary of candidate performance on these exams for the past 3 years: