NOTE TO STUDENTS: In some cases, the Iowa State Department of Education requirements change after a College Catalog has been published.  It is essential that students work with the Education Department's Program and Advising Handbook in order to ensure compliance with current state regulations.

In the Department of Education students may earn a license to teach through one or more of the following programs:

• Elementary Teaching License requires a double major - Elementary Education and a Liberal Arts Major with a Content Specific Endorsement Core 

• Secondary Teaching Licensure requires a major and an approved endorsement program (see the Simpson College Education Department Program and Advising Handbook) as well as declaring a Secondary Education Minor and the completion of the Secondary Education and Licensure Program.

• Graduate  The Simpson College Education department offers two graduate programs for students pursuing secondary licensure in the areas of business, foreign language, language arts, math natural sciences, social studies, and social sciences.  These programs are referred to as the Masters of Arts in Teaching, which results in both licensure and a master?s degree, and the Transition for Teaching program, which results in licensure only. 

• Specialty Area Programs (elementary and secondary) in art, music and physical education.

In each program, students must complete the following additional requirements:

• Follow Levels of Admission to the Simpson College Teacher Education Program
• Complete Competencies set up by the Education Department