Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education

About this programme

This program is designed to provide initial teacher preparation consistent with the needs of today's professional educator. An emphasis on Inclusive Education helps provide the skills required for Elementary School teachers to respond to the individual learning needs of all learners. To qualify for admission into the Elementary program, students must successfully complete an undergraduate degree with a GPA of 2.67 or higher in the final 3 years of the degree. They must also meet the academic pre-requisites required for Teacher Certification as described here. Besides completing the course requirements, students will complete 15-17 weeks of practicum experience working with experienced Associate teachers throughout the course of their program. Students will have an opportunity to complete practicums at both the lower and upper Elementary grades. Interested students can apply to take the Elementary program through the 16-month option. This program cannot be taken through part-time study and must be completed within three years of initial registration. The Africentric Bachelor of Education Cohort (ABC) Program is a partnership between the Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute (DBDLI) and Acadia University’s School of Education to provide equitable access to African Nova Scotians interested in pursuing a profession in teacher education. Africentric Education centres the knowledge, perspectives, histories, culture, heritage, values, lived experiences, and world views of people of African descent in analysis of everything that concerns us. It is a form of transformative educa