The Teacher Center
Your resource for teacher education available through the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
The Teacher Center is a collaboration among Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to use our combined resources to educate the best possible teachers for Minnesota P-12 classrooms.
- Licensure programs, including flexible options and alternative paths to becoming a Minnesota teacher
- Staff development for schools
- Graduate programs and advanced career development for teachers
Featured Programs
- Field Geoscience for Teachers (2-credits)
Bemidji State University
For in-service and pre-service STEM discipline teachers. The course is available for either graduate or undergraduate credit. Workshop runs from 4:00 p.m on Sunday June 12 (introductory material and social function) through Friday, June 17th.
Registration deadline: May 23, 2011
Workshop activities include High Altitude Balloon payload design and construction, launch, recovery, and data analysis (this activity should also interest computer, technology, physics, and earth science teachers). An overnight field geology excursion to northeastern Minnesota will study Proterozoic and Archean rocks focusing on interpretation of the rocks in the context of Minnesota's history. Also includes one day study of the local Pleistocene glacial deposits in the vicinity of Bemidji.
More Information: Dr. Tim Kroeger, (218) 755-2783, TKroeger@bemidjistate.edu
For additional information, see the PROGRAM FLYER. - Staff Development:
Partnership Brings Together SCSU and Area Schools - Licensure Programs:
The Urban Teacher Program: Path to Careers in Urban Schools - Advanced Career Development:
Bemidji State University Offers New Certificate in Online Teaching
