Education

Conceptual Framework

The St. Olaf College Education Department strives to prepare reflective, anti-racist educators who adjust their plans, instruction, and assessments to continually increase their teaching effectiveness. We employ a culturally responsive-sustaining (CR-S) framework to equip teacher candidates to center historically marginalized voices in the curriculum, practice anti-racist pedagogy, and become advocates for social change. Our teacher candidates learn to affirm their students’ cultural identities, cultivate student-centered learning, and teach critical thinking skills.
St. Olaf Education Department Antiracist Statement and St. Olaf Land Acknowledgement

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Education Department Photos

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View of the Himalayas near Woodstock International School in Uttarakland, India

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View of Mussoorie, India, near Woodstock International School in Uttarakhand, India

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Global Semester students (led by Professor Elizabeth Leer - Advisor) Woodstock International School in October 2019

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Woodstock International School in Uttarakhand, India

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View of Mussoorie, India, near Woodstock International School in Uttarakhand, India

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Student Teaching Abroad -Sammy Peterson, Professor Elizabeth Leer, and Lydia Lopez celebrate Independence Day at Kodaikanal International School in Tamil Nadu, India. Sammy and Lydia student taught at Kodaikanal in the fall of 2018.

Major Declaration Day 2020

Major Declaration Day! The ED Department was represented by Prof. Rosie Pfarr-Baker and Prof. Emily Mohl.

Mankato Conference 2020

Mankato, MN: Prof. Bob McClure and students attending a MN Social Studies Education conference in March 2020.

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Urban Education Practicum & Seminar interns, Skye Nguyen and Kelsey Halverson, at Community of Peace Academy in St. Paul, 2020

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Multicultural Education in Hawaii students at the Pali Lookout on Oahu

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Urban Schools & Communities students with guest speaker, Julia Dinsmore, following our conversation in 2020

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Urban Schools & Communities students at the Minnesota History Center in 2020

Why Oles Teach
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Why do our students and alumni become teachers?

Candidates seeking licensure are advised by faculty in the Education Department and by faculty in each respective academic discipline/major. If you are interested in finding out more about obtaining a teaching license or the Education Concentration, come find us in TOH 290!

Note that certain requirements must be met prior to admission into the teacher education program. The St. Olaf Teacher Education program is approved by the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB).