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	Giving To Dordt

Dordt College has prepared a multitude of teachers for their profession, with many alumni respected nationally and internationally for their skills and Christian commitment. Dordt was founded as a teachers college in 1955, and the teacher education program continues to be the largest student enrolled program on campus.

Dordt faculty and students approach the teaching profession as a calling to help guide young people to a greater understanding of God’s world and living as His people. In the teacher education program and through the college’s Center for Educational Services, new ideas in curriculum and teaching methods are developed and critiqued in the light of biblical principles.

At Dordt you will get a firm foundation in the principles of Christian teaching, with a healthy balance of class work and practical experience. In our bachelor’s degree programs, you’ll have two field experiences early in the program, one of 20 hours, the other of 60 hours, spent in local elementary, middle or high schools. In your senior year, you’ll complete a 14-week student-teaching experience in a cooperating school. Student teaching assignments are typically assigned in more than one grade level or discipline in order to broaden the teaching experience and to meet the requirements of various endorsement options.

The Learning Resource Center in the college library offers future teachers curriculum resources, textbooks, idea books, children’s literature, computers, multi-media programs and equipment, and a wide range of educational software.

Dordt’s teacher education program offers a wide variety of endorsement options in which you select a major program to fit your interests and goals. In addition to the major, students may select other sets of courses that provide teaching endorsements as defined by the State of Iowa licensure codes.