Elementary Education
Degree Earned
Bachelor of Science: Elementary Education
The Elementary Education program at Farmington is designed to help you build the knowledge and skills to become a caring teacher, competent educator and confident professional. Here, you will participate in a sequence of courses designed to give you the background knowledge and hands-on experience of working with children in Kindergarten through grade 8.
At Farmington you are admitted directly into the Elementary Education program and your professional courses begin in your first year. You'll explore the foundations of American education and gain valuable insight about working with all types of students.
Extensive work in public school classrooms, which begins in your sophomore year, will help you to develop skills and apply your knowledge of both subject matter and teaching strategies.
You'll participate in a 16-week practicum experience where you spend two mornings each week working, teaching and learning in a public school classroom.
Then, in your senior year you'll participate in a 16-week student teaching experience, usually split into two 8-week sessions at different grade levels. These valuable "teacher side of the desk" experiences will help you to become a teacher who is competent, caring, and has the confidence to teach a diverse student population.
You will learn first-hand what it's like to be a teacher, making a difference in the lives of children and experiencing the joy of helping K-8 students to explore their worlds.
In addition, you'll also take a variety of methods courses to prepare you to teach all subjects. Along with your professional education courses, you will select an area of focus in which you'll complete your concentration: Math, Science, Social Science, Language Arts, French, Spanish, Visual and Performing Arts.
Senior Elementary Education majors also develop and present a professional teaching portfolio, a collection of artifacts and commentaries that demonstrate their ability to plan, teach, assess, and reflect. (You'll present your teaching portfolio at a professional forum on campus.)
As a graduate of this nationally-accredited and state approved program you are eligible for your K-8 teaching certification.
For additional information about the Elementary Education major at Farmington, just contact the Office of Admission:
Bachelor of Science: Elementary Education
The Elementary Education program at Farmington is designed to help you build the knowledge and skills to become a caring teacher, competent educator and confident professional. Here, you will participate in a sequence of courses designed to give you the background knowledge and hands-on experience of working with children in Kindergarten through grade 8.
At Farmington you are admitted directly into the Elementary Education program and your professional courses begin in your first year. You'll explore the foundations of American education and gain valuable insight about working with all types of students.
Extensive work in public school classrooms, which begins in your sophomore year, will help you to develop skills and apply your knowledge of both subject matter and teaching strategies.
You'll participate in a 16-week practicum experience where you spend two mornings each week working, teaching and learning in a public school classroom.
Then, in your senior year you'll participate in a 16-week student teaching experience, usually split into two 8-week sessions at different grade levels. These valuable "teacher side of the desk" experiences will help you to become a teacher who is competent, caring, and has the confidence to teach a diverse student population.
You will learn first-hand what it's like to be a teacher, making a difference in the lives of children and experiencing the joy of helping K-8 students to explore their worlds.
In addition, you'll also take a variety of methods courses to prepare you to teach all subjects. Along with your professional education courses, you will select an area of focus in which you'll complete your concentration: Math, Science, Social Science, Language Arts, French, Spanish, Visual and Performing Arts.
Senior Elementary Education majors also develop and present a professional teaching portfolio, a collection of artifacts and commentaries that demonstrate their ability to plan, teach, assess, and reflect. (You'll present your teaching portfolio at a professional forum on campus.)
As a graduate of this nationally-accredited and state approved program you are eligible for your K-8 teaching certification.
"A close relationship with local schools sets Farmington's Elementary Education program apart from others. During my sophomore year, my teaching practicum allowed me to work with an amazing mentor teacher. And as a member of S.E.A.M., a student organization affiliated with the Maine Education Association, I've already attended professional teacher conferences."
-- Jennie Ferris
From Montpelier, Vermont
What Classes Might You Take?
Because Farmington is a liberal arts college, every student - regardless of their major - will take courses in the Arts, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. In addition, you will also get to choose interesting classes specifically tailored to your major in Elementary Education such as:
Contact Us For DetailsBecause Farmington is a liberal arts college, every student - regardless of their major - will take courses in the Arts, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. In addition, you will also get to choose interesting classes specifically tailored to your major in Elementary Education such as:
| • Introduction to Theory and Practice in K-8 Education |
| • Educating Exceptional Learners |
| • Education Practicum and Seminar in K-8 Education |
| • Computers in K-8 Education |
| • Science Education K-8 |
| • Art in the Classroom K-8 |
| • Movement in the Classroom K-8 |
| • Social Science and Global Perspectives K-8 |
| • Student Teaching and Seminar in Elementary Education K-8 |
| • Diversity and Social Justice Education K-8 |
| • Mathematics Education K-8 |
For additional information about the Elementary Education major at Farmington, just contact the Office of Admission:
- Office of Admission
University of Maine at Farmington
246 Main Street
Farmington, Maine USA 04938-1994
tel 207-778-7050
fax 207-778-8182
TDD/TYY 207-778-7275
umfadmit@maine.edu
