The Teacher Education department at United Tribes Technical College includes an AAS degree in Elementary Education, an AAS degree in Early Childhood Education and a BS degree in Elementary Education. Both of the AAS degrees are available entirely online and are accredited for online delivery.

The Teacher Education unit, and the Elementary Education bachelor degree program, were approved by the North Dakota Education Standards & Practices Board in spring 2011. Shortly thereafter, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges (NCA) granted UTTC approval to offer its first three bachelor degrees, including the Elementary Education degree.

In addtion to the Elementary Education BS degree, we offer 300-400 level coursework that fulfills the requirement for an endorsement in Early Childhood Special Education through the state of North Dakota. Coursework for a Middle School Endorsement is being planned for the near future as well as a BS degree in Special Education. We are continually growing and moving forward.

To date, our graduates have been highly successful. Nearly 100% of our teacher candidates have passed the Praxis I: PPST and Praxis II exams. Our graduates are hired in tribal, public and private institutions throughout the country. For more information, please contact Lisa at lazure@uttc.edu.


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Preparing for Student Teaching

As Joelle, Shyanne, and Billi prepare to student teach for this fall, I would like to remind you to fill out the application to take your Praxis II exams. ETS, the company that administers the Praxis exams, seems to have cleaned up their revised application process now. We want to make sure you are able to take the tests toward the end of your students teaching experience or immediately upon completion.

If you want me to download and print the application for you, send me an email and let me know. I'm not in my office very much this summer but will make sure you get it so you can fill it out. If you are able to find it yourself on the ETS.org website, go ahead and print it out, fill it out as much as you can (at least sign it), and I will fill out the rest and mail it with payment.

You might as well take care of your fingerprinting process, as well. The fingerprinting packets of information are in Tivona's office. There is a fee required for fingerprinting and the grant will pay for it.

More later....