Program Description
The Elementary Education program at Delaware State provides outstanding career preparation for K-6 teachers. Students learn to teach all academic subjects, with extra emphasis on literacy and multicultural/multiethnic classrooms. The program emphasizes direct, hands-on experience in real-world classrooms and incorporates the most current theories in learning, assessment, and child development.
Delaware State has a growing reputation for excellence in teacher education. Our graduates have an extremely high job placement rate within the state and are also recruited by out-of-state districts.
Professional Preparation
All graduates become licensed teachers in the state of Delaware. The college has campus chapters of professional teaching organizations.
Students will develop professional teaching skills in: academic instruction, classroom management, lesson planning, assessment, child intellectual and psychological development, special education, communication with parents and family members, the use of technology in the classroom, music and art, literacy development.