Teacher Certification- Elementary Education

Nevada State College offers upper-division course work leading to teacher certification in Elementary Education for individuals who have earned their Bachelor of Arts or Science in any area. These courses are offered in a variety of formats to include online, accelerated, day and evenings.

A teaching certificate from Nevada State College will prepare you for employment opportunities in Clark County School District, each school district in the state of Nevada, as well as school districts throughout the country.

Prerequisites:
  1. Bachelors degree with an overall GPA 2.0 or higher.
  2. Passing score on the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST or Praxis I).
  3. Admittance into the School of Education.
Elementary Education Licensure Requirements (74 credits)
EDU 203-Intro to Special Education (3 credits)
EDU 204-Info Technology in Teaching (3 credits)
EDU 206-Classroom Learning Environments (3 credits)
EDU 250-Foundations of Education (3 credits)
EL 401-Law and Ethics for Educators (3 credits)
EDEL 443-Teaching Elementary School Mathematics (3 credits)
EDEL 441-Standards-based Curriculum (3 credits)
EDEL 443P-Teaching Elementary School Science Practicum (corresponds to EDEL 441) (1 credit)
EDEL 443P-Teaching Elementary School Science Practicum (corresponds to EDEL 445) (1 credit)
EDEL 445-Curriculum Development (3 credits)
EDEL 453-Teaching Elementary School Social Science (3 credits)
EDEL 483-Elementary Supervised Student Teaching* (12 credits)
EDRL 407-Teaching Literature (3 credits)
EDRL 427-Teaching Writing Across School Curriculum (3 credits)
EDRL 442-Literacy Instruction I (3 credits)
EDRL 443-Literacy Instruction II (3 credits)
EDRL 451-Content Area Literacy (3 credits)
EDRL 461-Diagnostic Assessment and Instruction Literacy (3 credits)
EDRL 471-Language Acquisition, Development and Learning (3 credits)
EDRL 474-Methods for English Language Learners (3 credits)
EDRL 475-Assessment and Evaluation English Language Learners (3 credits)
EDRL 477-Curriculum Development English Language Learners (3 credits)
*Student Teaching application is required.