When you study to become a teacher at Albertus Magnus College, you learn to guide and facilitate others’ learning by sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for your subject. In the Dominican tradition, your education includes a strong liberal arts program rooted in scholarship and practical application. Completers of the program carry content knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary for successful classroom teaching into the job market. Those who complete the initial teacher preparation program at Albertus Magnus College enter the job market fully prepared to establish in their own classrooms with their students small communities of learning committed to upholding the Dominican pillars of scholarship, contemplations, service and community.

Albertus offers an approved, pre-professional education program leading to initial teacher certification in a number of subject area endorsements. Candidates may choose to prepare to teach at the middle (grades 4-8) or secondary (grades 7-12) levels. Candidates may seek endorsement in the following subject areas: Art (pre-K-12), Biology (7-12), Business (7-12), Chemistry (7-12), English (4-8; 7-12), General Science (4-8; 7-12), History/Social Studies (4-8; 7-12), Mathematics (4-8; 7-12) and Spanish (7-12). The initial teacher preparation program has a rolling admission.