Career Category: Foreign Language Teacher

At Trinity, we are small and mighty. And we know that exceptional students need exceptional teachers. Our classes are taught by professors who are experts in their subject areas. And with an 11-to-1 student to professor ratio, your professors will know you by name.

Trinity’s education department draws upon a Biblically-based perspective to prepare pre-service teachers to embody Christ-like servanthood. We help our students to cultivate relational peace, educational equity, and justice for all children and to impact the mind, body, and soul of each student through excellence in teaching. Our pre-service teachers exemplify professionalism and ethical behavior inside and outside of the classroom as they serve with excellence in education.

The middle grades education major leads to the Illinois Professional Educator License with middle grades endorsement (grades 5-8).  At Trinity, you can focus your degree on English education; science education; or social science education.

Majors who desire endorsements in the middle grades (5-8) choose from one of the following:

• Two content area middle grades education minors• One content are middle grades education minor and double minor with ESL/bilingual
• One content are middle grades education minor and double major with special education
• One content are middle grades education minor and double major with elementary education• One content are middle grades education minor and double major with the same secondary (grade 9-12) content major

While at Trinity, your hands-on classroom experience includes:

• 200 hours of field experience (teacher aiding)
• 90 additional hours of novice teaching (pre-student teaching)
• A 16-week student teaching internship

Trinity is located just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, so your field experience, novice teaching, and internships can take place in a variety of classroom settings: urban and suburban, domestic and international, multicultural, special education, middle grades, public and private. Some of our students extend their experience much further and do student teaching and field experience around the country and around the world.

If you are interested in the ways that education combines with other areas, a minor in education studies may be for you. In your coursework, you will be introduced to principles of education, educational psychology, cross cultural and multicultural issues in education, life span development, and an introduction to exceptional children.

If you feel called to teach the next generation of students, then Trinity’s B.A. in elementary education may be for you. With an education degree from Trinity, you will be prepared to enter the classroom believing that all children can learn; understanding students of diverse populations and abilities; and meeting the demands of increasingly rigorous, standards-based education.

At Trinity, your coursework will be broad-based with an emphasis on the liberal arts. Courses will include arts in education, technology in education, educational psychology, introduction to biological science, elementary English language arts methods, world geography, earth science, elementary history methods, college algebra, inferential statistics for elementary teachers, physical education for K-9 educators, introduction to physical science, and American government and politics.

While at Trinity, your hands-on classroom experience includes:
• 200 hours of field experience (teacher aiding)
• 90 additional hours of novice teaching (pre-student teaching)
• A 16-week student teaching internship

Trinity is located just 25 miles from downtown Chicago, so your field experience, novice teaching, and internships can take place in a variety of classroom settings: urban and suburban, domestic and international, multicultural, special education, middle grades, public and private. Some of our students extend their experience much further and do student teaching and field experience around the country and around the world.

A minor is required with this major: Choose from Science, Special Education, Spanish, ESL/BL, Urban Studies, or Educational Technology.

At Trinity Christian College, our education minors learn to make a difference in their spheres of influence, explore God’s world, and discover their calling as teachers.

With an education minor from Trinity, you will be prepared to enter the classroom believing that all children can learn; understanding students of diverse populations and abilities; and meeting the demands of increasingly rigorous, standards-based education. When you choose a specialist education major for K-12 in Art Education, Secondary Education, Physical Education, Music Education, and Spanish Education, you will also receive an education minor. Your coursework for your minor will span theory, methods, technology, and special education classes.